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Man in critical condition after shot by police

A man is in critical condition in hospital after being shot by a police officer in Medicine Hat.Police say officers confronted a man with a gun Monday night and there was a shootout.

MEDICINE HAT — A man is in critical condition in hospital after being shot by a police officer in Medicine Hat.

Police say officers confronted a man with a gun Monday night and there was a shootout.

No one else was injured.

Justice department officials have assigned the government’s Alberta Serious Incident Response Team to investigate the shooting.