A man has died after being shot by Peel police at Toronto Pearson's Terminal 1 Thursday morning, the province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said.

A shooting involving a police officer outside Toronto's Pearson International Airport cut off traffic heading to Terminal 1, authorities said Thursday. Peel Regional Police said in a social media post a man was shot and the officer was uninjured. The shooting happened outside the terminal.

The police said that the man had displayed a firearm. The shooting caused a partial shutdown of Canada’s busiest airport.