Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a man died in Mississauga on Sunday morning.

According to a Sunday news release, Peel Regional Police were called to a residence on Edgeleigh Ave., near Lakeshore Rd. E. and Ogden Ave., around 10 a.m. for a “domestic situation.”

A 27-year-old man left the residence before police arrived, said the release, but was later found in the backyard of a residence on Ogden Ave. with the help of the canine unit.

The man sustained a gunshot wound in the presence of the officers, although no officer discharged a firearm, said the release. The man was taken to hospital, where he later died.

Anyone who may have information about this incident is asked to call investigators at 1-800-787-8529. Anyone who may have video evidence related to the incident is asked to upload that video through the Special Investigations Unit website.

The SIU is an arm’s-length provincial agency that investigates incidents involving police in which somebody is killed or seriously injured, or if there are accusations of sexual assault.

With files from Emma Sandri

Rhianna Jackson-Kelso is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @RhiannaJK

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