Manitoba RCMP officer fatally shoots armed teenager, IIU investigating [Video]

NORWAY HOUSE, Man. –

A police officer fatally shot an armed teenager on a First Nation north of Lake Winnipeg, RCMP said Friday.

Mounties said it followed a report earlier in the day that a man was “agitated” and armed with an “edged weapon” in a home on Norway House Cree Nation.

He was outside with the weapon when officers arrived and, despite numerous orders to drop it, he moved toward them, RCMP said.

An officer then shot the youth, and police provided medical aid until paramedics arrived.

A 17-year-old from Norway House was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The Manitoba Independent Investigation Unit, the provincial police watchdog, is taking over the case. It said the youth was high at the time.

The chief and council of Norway House Cree Nation, in a statement, said the teenager’s death, as well as the recent loss of a young woman, have brought “immense …