police-involved shooting at Toronto’s Pearson Airport. Thursday morning.

A man has died after being shot by Peel police at Toronto Pearson’s Terminal 1 Thursday morning. 

The shooting happened shortly before 7 a.m. after police received a call from a member of the public about a dispute involving two or three people, Peel police Chief Nishan Duraiappah said. The group knew each other and was there “for the purposes of travel,” he said. 

Three officers responded to the call. Police had been attempting to mediate the dispute for around 10 minutes when the man abruptly took out a firearm and pointed it at an officer, he said. 

Two of the officers fired at the man, Duraiappah said. The man, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene, the province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said in a news release Thursday.

The man was “in distress” and had been in an SUV at Terminal 1 departures, but the shooting happened outside the vehicle, the SIU said. 

He did not fire his weapon at police, SIU spokesperson Kristy Denette said.

No police officers were injured, the SIU said.

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