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By The Canadian Press

Alberta Mountie injured during deadly gunfight released from hospital

Apr 3, 2018 | 7:13 AM

EVANSBURG- An RCMP officer who was wounded in a gunfight that ended with a fleeing suspect shot dead has been released from hospital.

RCMP Cpl. Laurel Scott says Sgt. Brian Topham was released Saturday afternoon.

The Evansburg detachment commander was injured by a gunshot near the town on Thursday.

A police officer in Evansburg spotted a man who police believed was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant, and a chase began after he failed to stop his vehicle.

Other police joined the chase and the suspect was killed in the confrontation that followed.

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Neither RCMP nor Alberta’s police watchdog have identified the suspect.

But the sister of a Calgary woman who was killed last month says investigators told her it was 21-year-old Adam Bettahar who was killed.

He was wanted for first-degree murder in the Calgary case.

(CFFR – The Canadian Press) 

by The Canadian Press

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