Off-duty Toronto cop shot downtown while making an arrest
The officer was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
An off-duty Toronto police officer was shot late Saturday evening downtown while making an arrest.
The shooting happened around 11:40 p.m. near Bathurst Street and King Street W., police said.
Police were conducting an investigation in the area. They said an officer was shot while taking a man into custody.
The officer was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
"We are grateful the officer is alive," the Toronto Police Association wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
Police said a 30-year-old man was arrested and a firearm was recovered.
