A 27-year-old man has been charged in the stabbing death of a Toronto officer

A 27-year-old man was shot after being stabbed and injured last week by a Toronto police officer He faces multiple charges, including attempted murder, investigators confirmed Monday.

The incident happened in front of a Tim Hortons in the area of ​​College Street and Lansdowne Avenue on Friday, April 12 around 1:30 p.m.

After calling a person in crisis, law enforcement officers went to the scene. When the police tried to arrest the man, the officer was stabbed. During the fight, responding officers shot and killed the man.

Ontario's police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), has invoked its mandate to investigate the circumstances surrounding the police-involved shooting.

A Toronto police spokesperson confirmed to CityNews on Monday that 27-year-old Gabriel Escairo is facing multiple charges, including two counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault with a weapon on a peace officer and aggravated assault on a peace officer. other offenses.

The injured officer and the accused are in stable condition.

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The Toronto Police Association (TPA) said the officer stabbed in the leg was a rookie in his 20s who had been on the job for less than a year.

Friday's stabbing is the latest in a series of incidents involving Toronto police officers injured during work.

Mayor Olivia Chow wished the injured officer a speedy recovery in a post on X and commented on three incidents this week in which officers were injured. “Violence is never acceptable,” he wrote.

With files from Michael Talbot of CityNews