The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team is investigating after a Red Earth Cree Nation man was shot by police Tuesday morning.
Carrot River RCMP said gunfire was reported around 3:40 a.m. Two people were apprehended, and a third person was identified nearby.
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When police approached, officers said the third person, a 25-year-old man from Red Earth Cree Nation, shot at patrol vehicles.
Guns were fired and both the man and a responding officer were injured.
EMS later pronounced the Red Earth Cree Nation man dead and said the police officer had non-life threatening injuries.
RCMP said SIRT will investigate the police interactions with the dead man and the circumstances around his death.
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