The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating after a man was shot by police near Bashaw Thursday morning.
Bashaw RCMP located a stolen vehicle parked on Range Road 234 around 9:15 a.m.
As officers approached the vehicle to investigate, a confrontation occurred with a man inside the vehicle. This confrontation led to RCMP officers firing their weapons.
The man was airlifted by STARS Air Ambulance to the University of Alberta Hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound. He died from his injuries. No other details were released about the victim.
No officers were injured in the incident.
A police cruiser was damaged and in a ditch on Range Road 234, just off Hwy 11, while RCMP investigators searched for clues after the confrontation.
This is the second police-related shooting in Central Alberta over the past week. Last Friday, RCMP officers shot and injured two suspects near Sylvan Lake after a lengthy chase that began in Sundre.
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Earlier on Thursday, the RCMP was involved in another fatal shooting in Gleichen, east of Calgary, around 4 a.m. when officers stopped a vehicle and saw a firearm inside. ASIRT is investigating that shooting as well.
ASIRT investigates police actions in accordance with their mandate to effectively, independently and objectively investigates incidents involving Alberta RCMP that have resulted in serious injury or death.
The RCMP remains the lead investigating agency on the events leading up the serious incident, with ASIRT reviewing police actions.
RCMP will not provide further information as the incident is under ASIRT investigation.
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