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An Alberta man is recovering in hospital after an RCMP officer shot him during a standoff northeast of Edmonton.
Police responded to reports of shots fired in a trailer residence near Grassland at about 7:15 p.m. MT Saturday.
Officers confirmed a man in his 40s was in the trailer alone.
The man initially refused to leave the home, but later came out carrying a shotgun. Police said he refused the drop the weapon and was shot once by an RCMP officer.
He went back inside the home and fired at least one shot toward officers outside, police said.
The man was eventually persuaded to come out of the home unarmed and was taken into custody.
He was taken to a hospital in Edmonton for treatment of a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. No charges have been laid.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, the independent provincial agency that looks into cases of death or serious injury involving police, is investigating.
Police responded to reports of shots fired in a trailer residence near Grassland at about 7:15 p.m. MT Saturday.
Officers confirmed a man in his 40s was in the trailer alone.
The man initially refused to leave the home, but later came out carrying a shotgun. Police said he refused the drop the weapon and was shot once by an RCMP officer.
He went back inside the home and fired at least one shot toward officers outside, police said.
The man was eventually persuaded to come out of the home unarmed and was taken into custody.
He was taken to a hospital in Edmonton for treatment of a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. No charges have been laid.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, the independent provincial agency that looks into cases of death or serious injury involving police, is investigating.
