US EditionSIU investigating after Durham officer shot in Oshawa, suspect also injured
The Special Investigations Unit is probing after a 27-year-old suspect and a police officer were shot responding to a mental health call involving a knife in Oshawa.
- On Sunday, a Durham Regional Police officer was shot while responding to an armed-person call in Oshawa, Ontario, and the suspect was also wounded and taken to hospital, police said.
- The Special Investigations Unit has been called to oversee the probe, handling cases of serious injury and police firearm discharges, the province's police watchdog confirmed to CBC Toronto.
- The injured officer was taken to a Toronto-area trauma hospital in "critical, but stable condition," while a large presence of Durham Regional Police officers gathered outside Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Sunday afternoon.
- Authorities warned the situation is developing as Durham police closed Simcoe Street South between Bloor and Erie streets after social-media updates shortly after 11:10 a.m.
- The Canadian Press reported the incident on Jan. 18, 2026, and local media and police social posts indicate the story remains under active coverage with updates expected.
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