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Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating after a Crimson Deer RCMP officer fatally shot a 33-year-old man throughout an altercation, RCMP say.
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Crimson Deer Mounties have been known as to a neighborhood residence round 4:30 p.m. Thursday for a criticism {that a} man with a knife was threatening violence to others.
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An altercation ensued between the person and responding officers, leading to one officer firing their service pistol, killing the 33-year-old man. He was pronounced useless on the residence.
No officers have been bodily injured throughout the altercation, in line with RCMP.
RCMP stated they instantly notified the director of legislation enforcement of the incident and started their very own inner evaluate course of. The Alberta Critical Incident Response Crew (ASIRT) was requested by the director of legislation enforcement to research.
“Unbiased of ASIRT’s investigation, the Alberta RCMP’s inner evaluate course of was applied to collect a full account of what occurred throughout this incident,” RCMP stated in a information launch Friday.
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