Niagara regional police say the suspect wanted for the fatal shooting of an Ontario woman, and linked to an Amber Alert , has been shot and killed by police.

In an update, police said that during the early hours of Wednesday, officers found a vehicle with the suspect — 38-year-old Anthony Deschepper — at a gas station near Thorold Stone and Montrose roads in Niagara Falls.

The force’s emergency task unit “became involved with that vehicle” and after “an interaction with officers,” Deschepper was shot and killed by police, they said. No officers were injured.

Police said due to the officer shooting, the province’s Special Investigations Unit has invoked its mandate and no other details will be released by police. The SIU is an independent agency that investigates the conduct of officer

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