Watchdog investigates after police kill man in Winnipeg's Windsor Park area

Manitoba's police watchdog is investigating after police shot and killed a man in Winnipeg on the weekend.

The shooting happenedshortly after 2 a.m. Saturdayin the city's Windsor Park neighbourhood.

According to the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba,officers were conducting a traffic enforcement checkstop on Portage Avenue near Polo Park Shopping Centre when a Chevrolet Camaro SSwith a lone male driver ignored instructions to stop.

The car kept going westbound on Portage before heading south onKenaston Boulevard, and the police helicopter began monitoring it.

After the carpulled up to at the back of a house linked to the Camaro's registered owner, two policecruisers also pulled up.

A news release from the IIU says the Camaro driver retrieved a weaponand moved towardthe officers. No information on the nature of the weapon was provided.

The officers fired their guns, striking the man several times, the IIU release states.

The man was rushed to Health Sciences Centre where he later died.

A man who lives nearby told CBC News on the weekend that he was sleeping but woke up to shouting, thenheard shots being fired.

The man, whom CBC has agreed not to name, said he estimates he heard anywhere fromfive to 10 shots.

Witnesses or other individuals who have information or video footage that could help IIU investigatorsare asked to contact the unittoll-free at 1-844-667-6060.

The investigation is ongoing and no further details will be provided at this time, the IIU said in its release.