SIU invokes mandate after incident on Richmond Street

A section of Richmond Street was closed on Sunday due to an incident involving police, CTV London's Bryan Bicknell has more.

Richmond Street was closed at Jacksway Crescent for much of Sunday due to an incident involving police, leading to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) taking over the investigation.

On Saturday around 9 p.m., OPP said the Middlesex Detachment was called to an address on Butler Street in Lucan for a disturbance.

When police arrived on scene, they said a man left in a vehicle, hitting two police cruisers. The driver was seen going towards London.

The London Police Service was called to help and together, the officers stopped the vehicle on Richmond Street near Jacksway.

“We heard a lot of sirens and looked out the window, and just as I looked out there was a screeching of the tires, and the crash, and the car came to rest pretty much in front of our place,” said David Murray, who witnessed the incident.

“The police got out, the guy was getting out of the car, and they were telling him to get down on the ground. Then they said stop resisting. Then two or three police were around him. They got out a taser, tased him a bit. Then there was a lot more activity after that.”

According to the news release put out by OPP, the man became unresponsive during an interaction with police. Officers gave the suspect first aid and he was taken to the hospital.

Due to the nature of the incident, the SIU has invoked its mandate. No further details will be released at this time.