A traffic officer shot the protester and fired two more live rounds in Sai Wan Ho, on eastern Hong Kong Island, according to a police source.
The police source did not provide any more details about the shooting or why the officer fired his gun.
In a video clip of the incident shared online, the officer can be seen grappling with a protester. A second protester, dressed in black and wearing a face mask, approaches the scuffle, and the officer raises his gun.
The second protester appears to try and wave or slap the gun away, and the officer shoots him at close range in the chest, to screams from the surrounding crowd of protesters and passersby.
Several more protesters then grapple with the officer, and two more live rounds are fired off-camera.
A source with the Hong Kong Hospital Authority said the injured protester was taken to a hospital and is "under assessment" for a gunshot wound. Police officers have since cordoned off the area where the protester was shot.
Throughout Monday morning, protesters caused traffic disruptions at several locations around the city. Police said the protesters set barricades and blocked roads in Sha Tin, Tseung Kwan O, Tuen Mun, and Hung Hom districts.
Several subway lines are experiencing minor to severe delays, with some some lines partially suspended "due to an escalation of the situation in station," according to the subway operator.
In a statement, police said they were continuing to clear the barricades and were dispersing the protesters.
Hong Kong protesters had called for a general strike on Monday, following a chaotic weekend fueled by anger over the death of a 22-year-old Hong Kong student.
Chow Tsz-lok, a computer sciences student at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), died on Friday morning, days after falling in a parking garage close to the scene of protests and suffering a severe head injury.
There is no indication that Chow was involved in the nearby protest.
His death has prompted an outpouring of anger from anti-government protest groups, who claim that police actions on the night of the accident resulted in paramedics being temporarily unable to access Chow.
Police have strenuously denied responsibility for his death and maintained that at no point did officers obstruct ambulance or fire services from assisting Chow. A police statement released on November 5 described the allegations as "certainly false."
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