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Independent investigators are looking into a police-involved shooting that sent a Kelowna man to hospital, Mounties said Wednesday.

According to a B.C. RCMP news release, police fired shots just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, as officers attempted to arrest a man known to police near Kelowna’s Orchard Park Shopping Centre at Cooper Road and Harvey Avenue.

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In the course of the arrest, the man was injured, police said. He has been transported to hospital with injuries that are believed not to be life threatening.

The man’s name was not released.

Police said that while the shooting occurred near several banking institutions, but the arrest is not related to an offence at any banks. Kelowna RCMP are investigating what led to the need for an arrest.

The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is investigating whether the shooting was justified.

The area has been cordoned off, and police expect it to remain inaccessible for some time. Members of the public have been asked to enter the shopping centre using the Springfield Road, Dilworth Drive or southeast Cooper Road entrances.

No further information will be released, police said.

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