On June 24, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred on the Ermineskin Cree Nation.
At 2:28 p.m., plain clothes and uniformed RCMP officers went to a residence in response to a complaint of a male holding what appeared to be a firearm.
When officers arrived, the male was outside of the residence and in possession of the device.
Commands were given for the male to drop the device, but he did not comply.
The male engaged the officers near their vehicle and multiple officers discharged their firearms, striking the male.
The male was provided medical assistance and then transported to hospital.
Video from the incident from both the vehicle-based camera and body-worn camera was provided to ASIRT by the RCMP.
As this matter is now under investigation, no further information will be released until the conclusion of the matter.
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