Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating after an RCMP officer fatally shot a person close to Irricana on Friday night.
Based on RCMP, Airdrie RCMP had been dispatched to an open-line 911 name on Freeway 9 in Irricana at about 6:20 p.m.
Mounties stated officers arrived and positioned a male suspect. An altercation then occurred, throughout which a minimum of one RCMP officer discharged their service weapon, placing the person.
Police stated officers offered life-saving measures, however the suspect was declared lifeless on the scene.
No officers had been injured.
As a result of the incident concerned police use of pressure leading to dying, the Alberta Severe Incident Response Group (ASIRT) has been directed to conduct an unbiased investigation.
RCMP stated an inner assessment course of has additionally been launched to look at the circumstances surrounding the incident, together with police response, coaching, coverage and the concerned officer’s obligation standing.
A big part of Freeway 9 on the sting of Irricana, northeast of Calgary, was cordoned off with police tape Friday evening, as RCMP officers searched the world. STARS Air Ambulance confirmed it responded to the scene however didn’t transport anybody.
Few different particulars have been launched.
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