1 person dead after being shot by Winnipeg police

One person is dead after being shot by police at an apartment building in Winnipeg on Wednesday.

Winnipeg police said officers responded around 12:30 p.m. to multiple reports of a male armed with edged weapons in the 800 block of Main Street.

Officers who went to the building were met by an armed person, a police news release said.

He was shot with a Taser and by an officer who used their firearm, police said.

Officers provided emergency care to the person, applying a chest seal and tourniquet, police said. 

He was taken to hospital and later died.

Manitoba’s police watchdog, the Independent Investigation Unit, has been notified and is investigating, police said.