Toronto police officer injured in early‑morning incident near St. James Town

A Toronto police officer is in hospital following an early‑morning incident in the Bloor Street East and Parliament Street area.

EMS confirmed only that Toronto paramedics were dispatched to the intersection near Sherbourne Street at 3:50 a.m., declining to comment further and directing all inquiries to police. A paramedic at St. Michael’s Hospital told CityNews the officer is expected to survive.

CityNews spoke with a man who says he was the victim of a related criminal incident earlier in the night. The man said

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Toronto police officer shot while responding to e‑bike robbery

A Toronto police officer suffered serious injuries after being shot early Thursday morning while responding to a robbery involving a stolen e‑bike.

Police say officers were dispatched to Bloor Street East and Sherbourne Street near St. James Town around 3:21 a.m. for a robbery call connected to a stolen e‑bike. When officers located the suspect, one officer was shot by that individual.

The officer was rushed to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, where paramedics at St. Michael’

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