TORONTO -- The province’s police watchdog says a 28-year-old man in crisis was shot and killed by police after stabbing an officer at a residential building in Midtown on Saturday night.

The deadly interaction occurred at around 8:30 p.m. at a condo building near Yonge Street and Davisville Avenue.

According to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), paramedics contacted police for assistance with a man who was in mental distress.