The Ontario Special Investigations Unit has been called in to look into
a shooting incident in downtown Kenora.
Last night just after 8:00, the OPP say they responded to a domestic
dispute on 1st Street South.
An officer responding to the incident was confronted by a woman who was
wielding a knife outside of an apartment block.
The OPP say shots were fired and both on and off-duty officers provided
first aid to the injured woman at the scene.
She was then transported by ambulence to Lake of the Woods District Hospital
for treatment and then airlifted to the Winnpeg Health Sciences Center.
The name of the 39 year old woman has not been released by police.