Police in an Ontario town have arrested one man and are searching for more suspects after a home invasion where a shot was fired, but no one was injured.

On Thursday around 4 a.m., three suspects forced their way through the back door of a home on Brookfield Crescent in Oakville, police said.

Halton Regional Police, who responded to the reported home invasion, said one of the suspects had a handgun and several residents were home at the time.

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More than one of the people inside the house heard the sound of breaking glass, according to police, and confronted the suspects.

Police said one of the suspects fled to the basement, where they were later arrested by the officers who responded to the call. The other suspects fled, and one allegedly fired a shot.

“Thankfully no physical injuries were sustained by household residents,” police said in a news release. “No property was taken.”

Police believe the home invasion was motivated by auto theft.

A 20-year-old man from North York has been charged with robbery with a firearm and disguise with intent.

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The mother who allegedly abandoned her three-year-old daughter in rural Ontario for four days is scheduled to have a bail hearing early next month.

Lawyers in Quebec court set hearing dates of July 3 and July 4 for the 34-year-old Montreal woman who faces one count of unlawful abandonment of a child.

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The judge at the courthouse in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., west of Montreal, authorized a publication ban on the name of the woman to protect the identity of the child.

Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud also signed off on an order preventing the accused from contacting the three-year-old or the girl’s father.

The girl was allegedly abandoned near Casselman, Ont., on Sunday afternoon and was spotted four days later by an Ontario Provincial Police drone along Highway 417 about 50 kilometres west of the Quebec boundary.

The mother, who will remain detained until the bail hearing, reported her daughter missing on Sunday at a business in Coteau-du-Lac, Que., west of Montreal.

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Police in Windsor, Ont., are investigating after an officer fatally shot a dog during a call Thursday afternoon.

Just after 2 p.m., officers responded to a report of a man in crisis on the 2800 block of Tecumseh Road West.

According to police, the man resisted arrest, assaulted one officer and threatened to kill another when officers arrived. Police used a stun gun to try to gain control of the situation.

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During the incident, police say the man ordered his pitbull mix to attack the officers. The dog bit at least one officer.

After non-lethal efforts failed to stop the attack, police shot the animal.

A 45-year-old man was taken into custody under the Mental Health Act and also arrested on several charges, including assaulting a police officer, uttering threats to cause death and failing to comply with a release order.

No other injuries were reported. The investigation remains ongoing.

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