Man shot by Toronto Police officer 

By Rob Lamberti

Toronto Police yellow tape marks the scene of a police shooting at Yonge and Shuter Sts. Monday. (DAVE ABEL/Toronto Sun)

TORONTO - An apologetic man reported to be suicidal was shot by Toronto Police following a brief confrontation at a downtown intersection.
The 24-year-old man was taken to nearby St. Michael's Hospital in non-life-threatening condition after a number of shots were reportedly fired at Shuter and Yonge Sts. at 1:37 p.m.
A paid-duty officer called his dispatcher reporting shots fired.
Moments later he reported that there was a man armed with a knife at the intersection.
The officer reported that the man apologized and that he appeared suicidal.
The intersection has been closed for the police investigation. The Special Investigations Unit has been called in.

Man zapped by cops falls from balcony 

By Rob Lamberti

TORONTO - A 42-year-old man who kept police who responded to a domestic dispute at bay for five hours is recovering in hospital after falling from a third-floor balcony after being zapped by cops.
Police say Daniel Wright barricaded himself on the balcony of the Weston Rd. apartment south of Lawrence Ave. around midnight, refusing to surrender to Toronto Police officers.
He paced along the top of the waist-high concrete barrier for some of the standoff, which ended around 5 a.m. when he was hit with a bolt from a stun gun, cops say.
Wright fell three storeys and was taken to Sunnybrook hospital for treatment. The injuries are not considered to be life-threatening, police said.
The Special Investigations Unit is now investigating.
The SIU designated two officers as subject officers and five others as witnesses.