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Alberta Serious Incident Response Team investigating shooting of woman after chase

February 13, 2023  By The Canadian Press


Feb. 13, 2023, Strathmore, Alta. – The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating a police shooting that left a woman injured following a high-speed chase east of Calgary.

RCMP received a call from Calgary police on Sunday to help locate a vehicle that had been driving erratically.

A Mountie found the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop, but the vehicle fled and the pursuit ended.

But officers in a Calgary Police Service helicopter saw the vehicle travelling at high speed, sometimes into the oncoming lanes.

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The vehicle was eventually stopped with spike belt.

When police tried to arrest the driver, there was a confrontation that resulted in the officer shooting a firearm.

The driver, a 37-year-old Calgary woman, was transported by STARS air ambulance to hospital in Calgary with gunshot injuries.


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