By rdnewsNOW Staff

One Injured

ASIRT to investigate officer-involved shooting in Red Deer

Mar 14, 2023 | 10:22 AM

One person was taken to hospital following an officer-involved shooting in Red Deer on Sunday.

On March 12 at approximately 11:30 a.m., Red Deer RCMP responded to a complaint of a male discharging a firearm at the north Walmart parking lot in Red Deer.

After continuous investigation and patrols, at approximately 2:15 p.m. Red Deer officers located the male associated to the complaint in the area of Garden Heights and Carleton Ave.

During the arrest of this male, Mounties say an interaction occurred where officers discharged their firearms. As a result of the interaction, the male was taken to hospital with injuries.

No officers were injured during this incident.

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The Alberta RCMP says it believes in processes that seek the facts and say it’s important that processes taken to assess the actions of all those involved, including the police, are fair, transparent, and defendable. This is why, according to RCMP, as soon as they became aware of this incident, the RCMP says it immediately notified the Director of Law Enforcement and initiated their internal review process.

Mounties say the Director of Law Enforcement deemed this to be “in scope” and has directed the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) to investigate.

Independent of ASIRT’s investigation, Mounties say the Alberta RCMP’s internal review process has been implemented to gather a full account of what took place during this incident.

RCMP training, policy, police response, and the duty status of the members involved will be subject to review.

The Alberta RCMP says it is, of course, fully cooperating with ASIRT and will not be commenting further on this incident.