The police shot a man at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Thursday morning, causing a partial shutdown in the departures area of the airport’s largest terminal, the authorities said.
The man’s age and condition were unknown. Paramedics dispatched four ambulances to the scene at 6:56 a.m.
Peel Regional Police, the agency in charge of policing the airport, has not said if the man was armed, but said that the officer involved was not injured and that there were no threats to public safety.
The police said they had called in the Special Investigations Unit, an oversight body in Ontario that investigates episodes in which police action results in death or injury.
The airport authority has warned travelers to expect delays in Terminal 1 and has rerouted people to enter and exit through the arrivals area.
In February, the airport was the scene of a major incident when a Delta Air Lines passenger jet flipped after landing. Though several of the 76 passengers and four crew members on board were injured, all were able to evacuate the plane.
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