The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is continuing its investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Red Deer that happened in the Garden Heights area earlier this month.
On March 12, at about 11:16 a.m., RCMP received a 911 call alleging a carjacking and presence of a firearm at a Walmart. The 911 call came from a cellphone registered to an adult male who was the subject of a missing persons report in the Calgary area.
RCMP located an unoccupied vehicle associated with the male when they arrived in the vicinity of the Walmart. They searched the area around the store with the assistance of a drone but were not able to locate the male.
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At about 2:17 p.m., two RCMP officers located the male walking westbound on 67th Street, and the officers got out of their vehicle and approached him.
Their interaction with the male was captured on the RCMP vehicle’s recording device.
According to a statement from ASIRT, the male would not identify himself or follow the officers’ directions. He ran at the officers, producing an item resembling a firearm from his jacket pocket, which he pointed at the officers.
One officer fired his firearm and the other fired a non-lethal projectile.
The male was hit with rounds from the firearm and fell to the ground. He received treatment and was then airlifted to a Calgary hospital, where he remains.
ASIRT’s investigation will examine the use of force by the officer.
No additional information will be released.
ASIRT’s mandate is to independently investigate incidents involving Alberta’s police that have resulted in serious injury or death to any person, as well as serious or sensitive allegations of police misconduct.