A teenager is in critical condition Friday morning after he was shot by police Thursday evening.

The Winnipeg Police Service says that they were called to a 7-Eleven located at Ellice Avenue and Arlington Street for an alleged robbery in progress at 5:35 p.m. The police say they received several 911 calls in regards to the situation.

"The first officer on the scene located an armed suspect within the front entrance of the store. The suspect exited the store with a weapon and advanced towards the officer. The suspect did not comply with the officer’s demands to drop the weapon and continued to advance toward him. At this point the officer discharged his weapon striking the suspect," the WPS says in a release.

Police have confirmed that the suspect was a 16-year-old male. He was taken to hospital in critical condition. He remains in critical but stable condition as of Friday morning.

A police officer at the incident also sustained an injury and was taken to hospital where he was treated and released. Const. Rob Carver says it's not clear how the officer was injured, other than it was as a direct result of the incident.