A Shamattawa First Nation man was shot and seriously injured by RCMP in the northern Manitoba community Saturday, the federal police service and the community’s chief say.
Around 1 p.m. CT, officers responded to a report of a male carrying a firearm. While on patrol, the officers heard shots, according to police.
A suspect was located outside a community home and shots were fired after what was described as an “interaction” between him and the officers, RCMP said via Twitter shortly after 6 p.m. CT.
The 22-year-old was taken to the local nursing station.
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