Saskatchewan’s Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) says it has determined that RCMP officers fired their guns, as it continues its investigation into a fatal incident on Fishing Lake First Nation that left a 34-year-old man dead.
The deceased was identified as 34-year-old Joseph “Joey” Desjarlais. He died following an RCMP pursuit on the First Nation in which shots were fired.
Desjarlais was a suspect wanted in connection to a lengthy list of armed robberies across east-central Saskatchewan.
Around 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 24, police say they witnessed a white van travelling at a high rate of speed on Fishing Lake First Nation that was later determined to have been driven by Desjarlais.
When police attempted to stop the van later that day, that was also found to have been stolen from a school on the First Nation, it sped away. It was also confirmed that Desjarlais was thought to be …