{"id":4498,"date":"2025-04-24T14:59:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/man-fatally-shot-by-police-outside-toronto-airport\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T14:59:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:59:22","slug":"man-fatally-shot-by-police-outside-toronto-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/man-fatally-shot-by-police-outside-toronto-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Man fatally shot by police outside Toronto airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>A man is dead after a police-involved shooting at Toronto&#8217;s Pearson International Airport on Thursday morning, authorites said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Peel Regional Police initially said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeelPolice\/status\/1915380409791021183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">social media post<\/a>\u00a0a man was shot outside the terminal.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/siu.on.ca\/siu-investigating-after-man-fatally-shot-at-toronto-pearson-airport-en10314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Special Investigations Unit identified<\/a> the man as a 30-year-old. The unit said Peel Regional Police officers were investigating a &#8220;man in distress&#8221; in an SUV at the airport&#8217;s main terminal departure area. Early reports indicated that the man produced a firearm, the unit said, and three officers fired in response.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The man was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead, the unit said. Peel paramedics initially said they had been called to the airport at 6:56 a.m. and that no one was transported to the hospital. A Canadian Press photograph of the scene appeared to show a body under a yellow tarp outside the airport terminal departures area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Evidence is pictured at the scene of police-involved shooting at the departures area of Toronto Pearson International Airport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Arlyn McAdorey\/The Canadian Press via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The shooting will be investigated by the Special Investigations Unit. Three forensic investigators and six investigators have been assigned to the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No police officers were injured, the unit said, and there is no known threat to the public. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Provincial Police said roads were closed from Highway 409 to Terminal 1.<\/p>\n<p>Video posted to social media early Thursday appeared to show a large police presence outside the airport.<\/p>\n<p>Cars appeared to be backed up along the road leading to the terminal.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man is dead after a police-involved shooting at Toronto&#8217;s Pearson International Airport on Thursday morning, authorites said.\u00a0 Peel Regional Police initially said in a\u00a0social media post\u00a0a man was shot outside the terminal. Toronto&#8217;s Special Investigations Unit identified the man as a 30-year-old. 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