Man, 31, dead, police officer in hospital after interaction in Fergus

A 31-year-old man is dead and an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer is in hospital following an interaction Sunday morning in Fergus.

Now, the province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating.

Police were called to a home on Belsyde Avenue E., in Fergus for a domestic call at 11 a.m. Sunday and officers negotiated with a man.

"At 1:38 p.m., there was an interaction with OPP officers and the man. OPP discharged a firearm and the man was pronounced dead at the scene," the SIU said in a release.

An OPP officer was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

The SIU investigates cases where police conduct may have causeddeath, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at an individual. The SIU said in this case,four investigators and three forensic investigators have been assigned.

Anyone with information about the case, including video evidence, is asked to contact the SIU at1-800-787-8529 or through the SIU website.