EDMONTON — RCMP say Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating after officers shot and killed a man southeast of Edmonton.
Mounties say in a news release that they received a report Monday of a white BMW being driven erratically on Highway 21 near New Sarepta.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
The release says that when officers approached the man, there was an “altercation,” officers fired their guns and the man was shot.RCMP say officers had been looking for a white BMW earlier in the day, after police spotted a stolen plate on the vehicle and a person inside shot what appeared to be a gun at an officer.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating both shootings and whether the two are related.
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