Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating after a police officer and a 30-year-old man were injured during an armed confrontation in Hamilton.

According to the civil agency, a resident of an apartment building in the Ainslie Wood West neighborhood at 1964 Main St. W., just south of Osler St., contacted Hamilton Police Service (HPS) to report a man “acting in a threatening manner. .”

The SIU said officers headed to the fifth floor of the building, but at one point became involved in an interaction with a man.

“There was an exchange of gunfire, which resulted in gunshot wounds to both the man and the officer,” according to a Nov. 9 news release.

Both the officer and the man were taken to a hospital for treatment, the agency said.

In a post on X, HPS said the officer was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after responding to a 911 call where he was confronted by a man with a firearm.

They also said a man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Six investigators and two forensic investigators have now been assigned to the case.

The SIU, which is called to investigate when police are involved in an incident that results in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person, is asking anyone who may have information about this investigation to , including video or photos, to contact the principal investigator at 1-800-787-8529 or online.