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By Troy Gillard

ASIRT Investigating

Blackfalds shooting incident ends with man dead near Leduc

May 6, 2020 | 3:05 PM

A 27-year-old man is dead and a police officer seriously injured following a confrontation near Leduc that came after a bystander was shot Wednesday morning in Blackfalds.

At 8:15 this morning, Blackfalds RCMP responded to a firearms complaint at a residence in Blackfalds. RCMP arrived and more shots were fired outside of the residence towards RCMP vehicles.

Police say a woman in the area, who was not connected with the incident, was struck by a bullet and taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Blackfalds residents living in the Lansdowne and Briarwood areas were asked to lock their doors and stay in their basements while this morning’s situation was underway.

RCMP say the shooter fled northbound on the QEII Highway before a spike belt was deployed, causing the vehicle to cross the median before it continued heading north in the southbound lanes.

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Police say the vehicle came to a stop and a confrontation occurred, resulting in the death of the 27-year-old male and serious, non-life-threatening injuries to an officer.

A motorist near Leduc says he saw a police vehicle following a black car this morning before he heard gunshots and saw a wounded officer.

Chad Cammock says the car was driving on its rims then pulled over onto the side of the QEII Highway. He says police vehicles surrounded the car, officers pulled out their guns and he heard about 30 to 40 shots.

Cammock says police pulled a man out of the car, and an officer appeared to be injured.

“The Director of Law Enforcement has been notified and the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has been directed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the officer-involved shooting and the actions of police,” says Alberta RCMP Corporal Laurel Scott. “The RCMP will continue to investigate the events leading up to the final confrontation with police.”

ASIRT investigates incidents involving Alberta’s police that result in serious injury or death to any person, as well as serious or sensitive allegations of police misconduct. It hopes to have further information to release later this week.

(With files from The Canadian Press)