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RCMP kill man at parkade by Red Deer hospital

RCMP officers responding to multiple driving complaints fatally shot a man after stopping a vehicle in the parkade outside the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Monday night.

Officers had stopped driver in hospital parkade

A RCMP car is parked in front of a 5-storey parkade on a summer day.
Mounties were responding to reports of an erratic driver, who ended up in a hospital parking lot in Red Deer. (Heather Marcoux/CBC)

For an update from May 27, 2021, see:Man killed by RCMP outside Red Deer hospital had compound bow and arrows, Alberta's police watchdog says


RCMP officers fatally shot a man outside the Red Deer hospital on Monday night.

Officers were responding to multiple driving complaints when they stopped a vehicle in the parkade of the hospital at about 9 p.m., RCMP said in a release.

"A confrontation occurred between the officers and the driver of the vehicle during which officers discharged their service weapons resulting in fatal injury to the man," the release said.

No RCMP officers were injured.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating.

The RCMP is also conducting its own internal review process "to gather a full account of what took place during this incident."

"RCMP training, policy, police response, and the member's duty status will be subject to review," the release said.