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EDMONTON New details are being released about a Monday evening police officer-involved shooting in Red Deer, Alta., that left one man dead, as Alberta s police watchdog investigates the incident. According to a news release from the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), video evidence from near the scene shows the shooting that killed a 46-year-old man happened after he got out of a vehicle and confronted an RCMP officer while carrying a compound bow. ASIRT says Mounties received several calls around 8:50 p.m. reporting an erratic driver in a grey Volkswagen Jetta. An RCMP officer found the vehicle not long after as it entered a parkade at the Red Deer Regional Hospital.
Investigation into Red Deer RCMP officer-involved shooting continues
On May 24, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate the circumstances surrounding an officer-involved shooting that took place that same day in Red Deer, and resulted in the death of a 46-year-old man.
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On that day at about 8:50 p.m., the Red Deer Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) received several calls reporting an erratic driver operating a grey Volkswagen Jetta. The vehicle was located by RCMP a short time later entering the parking garage of the Red Deer Regional Hospital. Both the responding RCMP member and the driver and lone occupant of the Jetta, the 46-year-old man, exited their vehicles, whereupon the police officer began speaking with the man. The officer called for backup, which arrived a short time later while attempts to communicate with the man continu
EDMONTON A man was killed in a confrontation with central Alberta RCMP on Monday. According to Mounties, officers fired shots at the man during a confrontation around 9 p.m. in the parkade at the Red Deer Regional Hospital. The man had been driving a vehicle which RCMP had stopped while investigating driving complaints. RCMP did not say what prompted officers to fire their weapons, how many officers fired shots, how many shots were fired, or the age and name of the man killed. No police members were injured. Alberta s police watchdog, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, is investigating. RCMP are also conducting an internal review.
A man was shot and killed by police Monday night during an incident near Red Deer Regional Hospital.
RCMP officers were responding at 9 p.m. to multiple driving complaints when they stopped a vehicle in the parkade at the hospital.
A confrontation ensued between the officers and the driver of the vehicle during which officers fired gunshots resulting in fatal injury to the man.
Police have contained the area and the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is attending the scene to initiate an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the man.
No RCMP officers sustained injuries during the confrontation.