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WATCH: Driver talks catching police chase on camera near Sylvan Lake

Blackfalds’ Tomasz Górny was on his way back home from work Friday afternoon when he caught part of a police chase and an officer shooting his weapon on camera.
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Tomasz Górny in front of his truck a day after he caught part of a police chase on his dash cam. (Photo by Sean McIntosh/Advocate staff)

Blackfalds’ Tomasz Górny was on his way back home from work Friday afternoon when he caught part of a police chase and an officer shooting his weapon on camera.

Two suspects were taken to hospital after RCMP officers opened fire following a lengthy chase.

Police received numerous complaints of erratic driving and threatening behaviour in Sundre. The driver, who was one of three people in the vehicle, rammed a civilian vehicle. The victim was struck when he exited his vehicle, suffering minor injuries.

It was determined the vehicle driving erratically was stolen. By mid-afternoon the vehicle was seen in Rocky Mountain House, but attempts to stop the vehicle were unsuccessful.

Around 4:30 p.m., an RCMP officer attempted to stop the vehicle north of Sylvan Lake. When a spike belt was successfully deployed on Hwy 20 near Aspelund Road, the vehicle turned around and the officer fired his weapon.

Górny, 32, was at the scene in his truck when the gunshots were fired with his dashcam recording.

“I was just terrified because I didn’t know what was going on,” he said. “It’s not often a situation like that happens so I didn’t know how to react. You don’t deal with this kind of thing every day.”

It was a scary moment when the stolen vehicle turned from the barricade and started driving directly towards Górny’s truck, he said; however the vehicle drove right past him.

Eventually, two of the three suspects left the vehicle, ran away and broke into a nearby home owned by a family with young children. The two stole cell phones at the residence and then broke into another home, where they stole keys and a pickup truck.

Police blocked the truck and the suspects rammed a police vehicle. Officers then fired their weapons at the suspects.

Two of the three men were sent to hospital with injuries.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating the officers firing their weapons and the RCMP is investigating the suspects’ activities throughout the incident.

No charges have been laid at this time as the investigation is ongoing.



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