The police shot and killed a man at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Thursday morning after he brandished a firearm, setting off a partial shutdown of the airport’s largest terminal, the authorities said.
Officers from Peel Regional Police, the agency in charge of policing the airport, were called to investigate a 30-year-old man described as being in distress who was parked in an S.U.V. outside the Terminal 1 departures area, the authorities said.
Airport security was already at the curbside when police officers arrived to find two or three people involved in a dispute, Peel Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah told reporters. The nature of the dispute was unknown.
“Abruptly, one of the individuals produced a firearm at our officers,” Chief Duraiappah said, adding that the man pointed his gun at the police. Two police officers on the scene fired at him, he said.
The authorities have not identified the man, who died in hospital. No officers were injured.
The Special Investigations Unit, an oversight body in Ontario that is called after episodes in which police action results in death or injury, is investigating, said Kristy Denette, a spokeswoman.
The airport authority had warned travelers to expect delays in Terminal 1 and has rerouted people to enter and exit through the arrivals area.
In February, the airport was the scene of a major incident when a Delta Air Lines passenger jet flipped after landing. Though several of the 76 passengers and four crew members on board were injured, all were able to evacuate the plane.
Vjosa Isai is a reporter and researcher for The Times based in Toronto, where she covers news from across Canada.
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