Red Deer

• ASIRT to oversee investigation into in-custody death in Red Deer

  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is overseeing the investigation into the death of a man who was in police custody in Red Deer. 

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  Apr 2
  
• 2 people attacked, 1 RCMP officer stabbed, another bitten in Red Deer

  While responding to a serious stabbing in Red Deer on Monday afternoon, one RCMP officer was also stabbed and another bitten by the suspect, RCMP said in a news release Tuesday. 

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  Mar 19
  
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• Red Deer man charged after fatal crash in stolen car

  Red Deer RCMP are investigating a head-on collision that happened on Tuesday at 5:01 a.m. involving a reportedly stolen vehicle that left one man dead.

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  Mar 13
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• Red Deer man, 80, dies after pushing woman from path of vehicle along B.C. highway

  Patrick Hare, of Red Deer, Alta., died last week, days after being injured on a B.C. highway outside Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island.

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  Mar 13
• RCMP lift shelter-in-place order in Red Deer after firearms complaint

  When RCMP lifted the shelter-in-place order, they didn't say if the suspect had been found, but that there was 'no longer a concern for public safety.'

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  Nov 24, 2023
• RCMP justified in 2021 shooting of man armed with bow and arrow at Red Deer hospital: ASIRT

  Alberta's police watchdog said Red Deer RCMP officers were justified in shooting a 46-year-old man armed with a compound bow and arrows outside the city's hospital in May 2021.

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  Nov 17, 2023
• $2M in meth, fentanyl, other drugs, illegal guns and cash seized in Red Deer’s largest bust ever: ALERT

  More than $2 million worth of cash and drugs such as fentanyl and methamphetamine, along with nine firearms, was seized during a raid on a Red Deer home in mid-October, ALERT said.

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  Nov 14, 2023
• 10-vehicle pileup and fatal crash closes QEII near Blackfalds: RCMP

  A stretch of the busiest highway in Alberta was closed Monday evening due to a 10-vehicle pileup and a fatal crash near Blackfalds, north of Red Deer.

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  Oct 23, 2023
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• 2 dead, 1 seriously injured after collision on the QE II near Red Deer

  A serious motor vehicle collision occurred at around 9:32 a.m. on Friday on the QE II south of McKenzie Road near Red Deer, Alta., said Blackfalds RCMP.

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  Oct 20, 2023
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• AK-47, fentanyl and cocaine seized in Red Deer drug trafficking investigation: RCMP

  Four firearms, including an AK-47 rifle, were seized in Red Deer as part of a fentanyl trafficking investigation. Three people were charged, including an armed robbery suspect.

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  Oct 13, 2023