Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz said Friday he felt "sick" after hearing that three police officers were shot during a late-night drug raid Thursday at a south-end residence.

The three officers remained in hospital Friday with injuries. One was in "guarded conditon" with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, while the other two were in stable condition.

The suspect, 21-year-old Daniel Ian Anderson, also remained in hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

"I think I was sick to my stomach — that's number one," Katz told CBC News on Friday afternoon, describing his reaction to the incident.

"All I could think about is the members of the Winnipeg police force. You know, we talk about it, but we don't really grasp how they face injury on a daily basis in order to protect and serve us, the citizens."

He added that he wasn't surprised to hear the incident took place in the south-central part of Winnipeg, which is generally not known for crime or violence.

"Don't just think it's in the inner city, or it's in the West End, or it's somewhere … which come up over and over again," Katz said.

"There's crime everywhere right now, and it's up to us to do our job, to make sure that we have less crime."

Katz said he believes he has given the Winnipeg Police Services enough of the resources they need in the past two years, but said more could be done to address crime in the city.

He said he continues to support the federal government's efforts to make changes to the Criminal Code and to get tough on crime.

"Getting tougher on crime, which I know the federal government is looking at, is something I very much support. I've always said this revolving door is ridiculous," he said.

"We know who the criminals are, and there's so many of them that are repeat offenders. There's a lot of things that can be done, and a lot of that does come from the federal and provincial government. But I certainly think it's important for all the municipal elected officials to share their thoughts as well."

'Effective laws' could curb similar incidents: Toews

Federal Justice Minister Vic Toews said Friday that the Winnipeg shooting highlights what he said is a rising trend in gun crime.

Toews, a rural Manitoba MP, said the federal government has tried to respond by introducing tougher legislation in order to help police clamp down on crime more effectively.

"I think where we're really lacking is … effective laws," Toews said Friday.

"Because as good as the [police] training is going to be, as good as the equipment is going to be, if you don't have effective laws that actually put these gangsters and gunmen into prison so that they are out of society's path, we are going to continue to have these kinds of incidents."

But Toews slammed the opposition Liberals and NDP for effectively stalling or gutting the progress of three bills he said could help address crime:

• Bill C-9, which would clamp down on the use of conditional sentences.
• Bill C-10, which would impose minimum prison sentences for violent crimes.
• Bill C-27, which would impose reverse onus on certain repeat violent and sexual offenders.

"Those three bills now, I think, are in jeopardy by an opposition that still hasn't woken up to the fact despite these statistics showing an increase in violent gun-related crime, that we have a serious problem on our hands,"  Toews said.