Alberta Serious Incident Response Team investigating after woman shot dead, man wounded in police shooting northeast of Edmonton
Alberta’s police watchdog says it is investigating after a woman and man were shot by RCMP officers northeast of Edmonton.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says RCMP officers responded to a call Sunday about a vehicle in the Smoky Lake, Alta., area.The agency says police then used a tire deflation device before an occupant in the car began firing at them.ASIRT says officers then found the abandoned truck in a rural area and got police dogs and other search units to find the pair.ASIRT says officers then found that the man and woman were wounded.
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