A person has died after an “officer-involved shooting” in Mississauga on Thursday.

The person was a suspect in a stabbing that sent one victim to the hospital in the afternoon, Peel police said in a post on social media.

Officers responded to the area of Winston Churchill Boulevard and Britannia Road West at 2:30 p.m., police said, adding there was an increased police presence in the area.

Hours later, police said there was an “officer-involved shooting” and the person had been pronounced dead.

The Special Investigations Unit, Ontario’s police watchdog, has been notified, police said.

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