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Toronto police shot a man Friday after his father was stabbed and he barricaded himself inside his east-end Scarborough home.
The man and his father, who was stabbed in the back, are recovering in hospital and the Special Investigations Unit has been called in.
Officers tried to coax the man out of the house at 145 Laurel Ave., in the Midland Ave./Danforth Road area, just after 4 p.m., said Const. Wendy Drummond, a spokeswoman for Toronto Police Services.
When a man came outside, he ran at the officers with a knife, Drummond said. He was then shot multiple times, she said.
Martin Tamm, who watched from his window as police surrounded the home and later fired at the suspect, said he has known the family for more than 20 years.
"He charged at the police and the police had to shoot him," he said. "Two shots I hear and he fell down. He had a knife," Tamm said.
Area resident Sarah Taralla said she grabbed her two children and ran for cover in a back bedroom of their house. "I heard the pop, pop," she said.
Neighbours said the son who was shot suffers from a mental illness and is known to police.
Eddie Tam, who lives two doors down from the shooting, said he thought police were there because of a robbery.
"They're a nice family, a nice couple and normal family people," Tam said.
The man and his father, who was stabbed in the back, are recovering in hospital and the Special Investigations Unit has been called in.
Officers tried to coax the man out of the house at 145 Laurel Ave., in the Midland Ave./Danforth Road area, just after 4 p.m., said Const. Wendy Drummond, a spokeswoman for Toronto Police Services.
When a man came outside, he ran at the officers with a knife, Drummond said. He was then shot multiple times, she said.
Martin Tamm, who watched from his window as police surrounded the home and later fired at the suspect, said he has known the family for more than 20 years.
"He charged at the police and the police had to shoot him," he said. "Two shots I hear and he fell down. He had a knife," Tamm said.
Area resident Sarah Taralla said she grabbed her two children and ran for cover in a back bedroom of their house. "I heard the pop, pop," she said.
Neighbours said the son who was shot suffers from a mental illness and is known to police.
Eddie Tam, who lives two doors down from the shooting, said he thought police were there because of a robbery.
"They're a nice family, a nice couple and normal family people," Tam said.
