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An 18-year-old man was shot dead by London police Tuesday night, with Ontario’s police watchdog agency called in to investigate.
The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) was called in, after London police went to a home at Wellesley Crescent just before midnight to investigate a report of domestic violence. The home is located near the Clarke Road-Trafalgar Street intersection.
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Police found a man inside the home with a knife in his hand. A man and a girl in the home had been stabbed. A third man in the home was not injured, the SIU said.
Two police officers fired their guns at the man, who was taken to hospital and pronounced dead, the provincial agency reported.
A 17-year-old girl remains in hospital with critical injuries. The man, 22, was released from hospital, the SIU said.
Three investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case, the SIU said. A post-mortem is scheduled for Thursday.
The SIU investigates all cases of civilian injury or death involving police in Ontario.
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