Stabbing suspect came at officers with knife before they shot him: ASIRT

Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating after an RCMP shot a man earlier this month.

On March 10, Mounties got a report of a stabbing at a home in St. Paul, about 200 kilometres east of Edmonton, at 1:30 p.m.

When officers arrived they found a woman with stab wounds.

A man armed with a knife was in a bedroom in the home.

According to a news release from the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), the man came at officers with the knife while ignoring commands to drop the weapon.

The man was shot by one of the officers, but ASIRT says he still refused to drop the knife.

An officer then used a conducted energy weapon, commonly known as a Taser, to subdue the man before disarming and arresting him.

According to a previous release from RCMP, the woman was taken to hospital by ground ambulance and the man by air ambulance.

ASIRT is tasked with investigating serious incidents involving police, including those resulting in serious injury, death, or potential criminal offences.