1 man dead following police-involved shooting in Cold Lake First Nation, Alta.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was updated on Feb. 10, 2023 to include details from an ASIRT news release.

One man is dead following a police-involved shooting that took place on Saturday, Feb. 4 in Cold Lake First Nation, northeast of Edmonton.

Police said they blocked off the area surrounding a home after receiving a firearms complaint. In a news release issued Feb. 4, police said the situation was contained and there was no harm to the public.

Police tried to make contact with the man, a 45-year-old resident of Cold Lake First Nation.

“A confrontation occurred between the suspect and officers resulting in at least one officer discharging a firearm,” reads a news release from Feb. 4.

When police entered the home, they found the suspect dead. Officers also found firearms in the residence.

No officers were injured. The investigation into what led to at least one officer firing their gun was handed over to the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team.

In a news release issued Feb. 10, ASIRT said its investigators believe the situation began to unfold just after 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 4.

“Cold Lake RCMP received a 911 call from a residence on the Cold Lake First Nation. A female caller was recorded saying, ‘Help… help,'” ASIRT said. “A second call occurred shortly thereafter which indicated the female was at a neighbour’s house suffering from injuries to her hand and that a male at the first residence had ‘shot off a firearm.'”

ASIRT said RCMP officers showed up to the home and found the female caller at a neighbour’s house.

“The attending officers were informed that the male was thought to be inside the initial residence. The attending officers spoke to the male through an open window,” ASIRT said. “The officers discharged their weapons at the male at 8:11 a.m.

“The male was later found dead in the residence. Upon entering the residence, RCMP found a firearm near the male’s body.”

–With files from Phil Heidenreich, Global News