By rdnewsNOW staff

UPDATE: charges laid

RCMP charge 28-year-old with assault & robbery after Sylvan Lake incident that led to Gas Alley

Dec 1, 2023 | 10:29 AM

UPDATE: 9:17 p.m., Dec. 1

RCMP are investigating and one person has been charged after an incident in central Alberta that ended early Friday.

Police say it was about 10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30 when Sylvan Lake Mounties received a report of an aggravated assault near the Alliance Church on 47 Avenue.

Upon arrival, a 41-year-old victim was found with serious injuries.

It was then determined he’d been attacked by two men, police say.

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A witness tried to intervene, but had a gun pointed at them, add police.

The suspects then fled in a vehicle. Information was passed to neighbouring detachments, and Blackfalds RCMP located the vehicle at a trailer home on Spruce Street, just off the QEII on the east side of Gasoline Alley.

A spike belt had to be used to disable the vehicle. RCMP arrested both occupants.

Steven Tyler Mitchell, 28, of Red Deer County has been charged with Aggravated Assault and Robbery, and has a court date of Dec. 4 in Red Deer. The second person in the vehicle, a woman, was released without charges.

RCMP are still attempting to identify the second man allegedly involved in the attack.

RCMP said the incident wrapped up around 1-1:30 a.m. Dec. 1.

If you have any information about this crime or those responsible, please contact Sylvan Lake RCMP at 403-887-3333 or your local police. If you want to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store. To report crime online, or for access to RCMP news and information, download the Alberta RCMP app through Apple or Google Play.

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ORIGINAL

RCMP say a police presence in the area of Gasoline Alley early Friday morning has ended.

RCMP originally said just before 1 a.m. that members from Blackfalds, Sylvan Lake, Innisfail and Red Deer were on scene in Red Deer County, specifically on Spruce Street, to the east of Gasoline Alley proper.

The initial report indicated that there was an unfolding event contained to a residence in the area, and the public was asked to avoid the area.

Police said at 1:30 a.m. that it had ended.

More details are anticipated. Check back here for more later today.

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