A hostage taking incident in Orangeville has left a man dead and another wounded.
OPP were called just before midnight Friday to a house on Wellington Street near Townline, where they found a male victim with a gunshot wound.
He was taken to hospital with non life threatening injuries while the shooter remained barricaded inside a house with two other people.
OPP Constable Terri-Anne Pencarinha said lengthy negotiations ensued and the two were later released from the house without injury.
Police then entered the house where they found the suspect dead of a gunshot wound.
The Special Investigations Unit has invoked its mandate, and confirms that a 54 year-old man was found dead in the basement of the house with a gunshot wound. The SIU says police did not use firearms during the incident.
You can read the news release from the SIU here
Officers safely secured two individuals from an armed barricaded person on Wellington St. The suspect located inside the home was found to be deceased. SIU has invoked their mandate. The roads are now open. #DufferinOPP thanks the community for their cooperation.^tp pic.twitter.com/a0D8G217h7
— OPP Central Region (@OPP_CR) March 20, 2021
