By the Canadian Press

COCHRANE

Man dead after lengthy standoff with RCMP at home near Calgary

Dec 8, 2019 | 8:45 AM

COCHRANE, Alta. – A man in Alberta has died after an officer shot him following a lengthy standoff in a home northeast of Calgary.

RCMP say in a news release that they were called to the residence in Cochrane shortly after 7 p.m. Friday over concerns for the man’s well-being, and for that of his partner.

Police say the man was believed to possess numerous guns, and that when RCMP arrived, he barricaded himself inside his home.

They say an Emergency Response Team negotiator couldn’t convince him to leave peacefully, and that “alternate means were deployed to force the man out.”

When he did emerge, the release says there was a confrontation and a member of the Emergency Response Team discharged a service weapon, injuring the man.

Police say he was transported to hospital, but died on the way.

(The Canadian Press)