Edmonton, AB (Edmonton Journal) – An Alberta man is recovering in hospital after he was shot by RCMP officers responding to a weapons complaint in Alberta Saturday night.
RCMP in Boyle, located northeast of Edmonton, said they arrived at trailer residence around 7:15 p.m. after they received reports of gunshots.
When RCMP arrived, they confirmed a man, in his 40s, was alone in the residence. After prompting by the officers at the scene, the man walked out of the residence with a shotgun in his hands, RCMP said.
He refused to drop the weapon and was shot once by an RCMP officer outside the home. The man re-entered the residence and fired at least one shot out of the home toward the assembled officers, RCMP said.
He was eventually coaxed out of the home unarmed and has been taken into police custody. He is currently in an Edmonton hospital recovering from a non-life-threatening wound.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has been called in to investigate. The independent provincial body investigates incidents involving Alberta police that result in serious injury or death.
The victim’s name is not being released at this time because charges have not yet been laid.
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