The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that happened on Sunday evening.
At around 6:50 p.m., Cold Lake RCMP responded to a report of a dispute that was happening in a vehicle in the area of Ardmore, Alta., about 30 kilometres southwest of Cold Lake.
Details of the dispute were limited, but RCMP said in a media release they began to search for a male suspect from the Cold Lake area. Members of the Cold Lake RCMP and an RCMP police service dog began to track the suspect who police said fled on foot.
A short time later, a confrontation occurred between the suspect and the officers, which resulted in an officer firing a service weapon, the RCMP said in a media release Monday morning.
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The suspect suffered life-threatening injuries. Officers at the scene provided medical assistance but the man died of his injuries.
“Our thoughts are with those affected by this event,” RCMP said in a media release.
The police service dog was injured in the incident and taken to a veterinarian for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
No officers were injured, according to police.
ASIRT will now take over the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the actions of police during the investigation.
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ASIRT has not released any details about the incident or what led to the shooting.
Ardmore is a hamlet located about 160 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.
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