The province's police watchdog is investigating after a 24-year-old man was tasered twice and shot once in Vaughan on Monday.
In a news release, the Special Investigations Unit says at roughly 9:30 a.m. Aug. 17, York Regional Police responded to Bakersfield Park for a man armed with a weapon.
The SIU says there was an interaction, and an officer deployed a conducted energy weapon — more commonly known as a taser. The man fled into the park and uniformed officers along with the Emergency Response Unit followed him.
The SIU says there was a second interaction with the man, and a member of the Emergency Response Unit deployed another taser, along with an ARWEN.
An ARWEN is an Anti-Riot-Weapon Enfield that launches non-lethal rounds.
The man has been seriously injured, and the SIU says he was apprehended under the Mental Health Act and taken to hospital in Richmond Hill.