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RCMP

ASIRT take over investigation with officer involved shooting

Dec 2, 2022 | 9:20 AM

On December 1, at around 1:23 p.m., Maskwacis RCMP received a call from a concerned resident saying that a male had a firearm and had been discharging it in the rural area.

Upon arrival, officers had a confrontation which resulted in an officer discharging their service pistol.

The suspect was injured and Mounties administered first aid.

Medical personnel was dispatched, and the 27-year-old resident of Maskwacis was taken by STARS to a hospital where has was last reported to be in a critical life-threatening condition.