Winnipeg police shoot, kill man in Unicity parking lot after they say he stabbed officer in throat

Police shot and killed a man outside a bus shelter in a shopping area on the west side of Winnipeg on Sunday after they say he stabbed an officer in the throat.

The police officer is in stable condition, according to police.

Video posted to social media shows police shooting a man.

Jessica Esau was in her vehicle, waiting for a food order with her youngest child, when she saw police shoot the man.

“Scariest situation ever,” Esau said via Facebook.

Winnipeg police taped off an area around a bus shack on Sunday. (Ron Dhaliwal/CBC)

More than 30 police cars, multiple ambulances and at least one firetruck converged on an area near a bus shelter, according to other videos posted after 5:30 p.m., CT, on Sunday.

All emergency vehicles except a few police cars were gone by 6 p.m.

An area around the bus shelter was taped off by police, with several orange pylons placed inside the area.