Sask. police watchdog investigating after RCMP officer shoots man at Flying Dust First Nation

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Saskatchewan's Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) is investigating aft an RCMP serviceman changeable a antheral Sunday.

2 officers responding to a telephone encountered antheral with a weapon, RCMP say

Halyna Mihalik · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 30, 2025 4:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

A close-up of the broadside  of an RCMP vehicle.

RCMP and SIRT are investigating an RCMP shooting that near a antheral with injuries described arsenic superior connected Flying Dust First Nation Sunday. (David Bell/CBC)

Saskatchewan's Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) is investigating aft an RCMP serviceman changeable a antheral Sunday.

Meadow Lake RCMP responded astir 5:30 p.m. CST Sunday to a study of an big antheral acting aggressively astatine a location connected Flying Dust First Nation, according to an RCMP quality release. Flying Dust First Nation is adjacent Meadow Lake, astir 250 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.

Two officers responded and found the antheral had a weapon, the merchandise said.

One of the RCMP officers shot the man. He was was taken to infirmary with superior injuries. No further updates connected his information person been released.

The man's household has been notified, RCMP say.

SIRT, the province's constabulary oversight organization, is investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting. SIRT investigates incidents wherever members of the nationalist are wounded oregon killed during interactions with police.

RCMP are inactive investigating the circumstances that led to the archetypal call.

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