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Saskatchewan’s civilian police oversight team has released more details about the fatal shooting of an Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation man by an RCMP officer on Sunday.
The provincial Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) was called in on Sunday morning to respond to the killing in Ahtahkakoop, a First Nation located about 150 kilometres north of Saskatoon.
Shellbrook RCMP officers were called to the community just before 7 a.m. that morning with a report that a 27-year-old woman had been assaulted with a machete, according to a news release from SIRT on Tuesday.
Officers met the victim and she was taken to hospital by paramedics. About 20 minutes later, two officers went to a second residence where they believe the assault had occurred to locate the suspect, a 31-year-old man, SIRT says.
“Shortly after their arrival, a confrontation occurred between the man and RCMP members which caused the officers to withdraw and …
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