Ottawa police officer shoots 2 people with 1 bullet

Ontario's police watchdog is looking into an incident in Ottawa in which a police officer shot two people Monday with one bullet.

Two officers were called to a 12th floor apartment to check out reports of a distraught woman and were confronted by a woman with a knife. The Special Investigations Unit says during an incident that followed, 25-year-old Samantha Soderlind was shot in the chest by one of the officers.

The bullet then passed through her body, went through a bedroom wall and struck a 27-year-old man in the face.

The SIU says Steven Lindsey had gone to the unit to assist the woman and was told to wait in the bedroom as police tried to control the situation.

The injuries to both Soderlind and Lindsey were not life-threatening.

The SIU investigates all cases of serious injuries and deaths involving the police and the public.