ICYMI: Man fatally shot by RCMP was Siksika Nation member: chief and council
, as RCMP responded to reports of a man causing a disturbance at a Strathmore gas station, police said in a Sunday news release.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, 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 or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
In a video of the incident posted to social media, multiple loud bangs can be heard as police lights flash in the distance. No details about the man’s condition were provided by RCMP Sunday, but a statement posted to Facebook by Siksika Nation’s chief and council on Monday states the man died due to his injuries.
“Siksika chief and council send our love, thoughts and prayers to the deceased member’s family and will follow up in the investigation,”Alberta’s police watchdog, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, is investigating the shooting. The RCMP has also initiated an internal investigation into the incident.
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