Mounties cleared in fatal shooting after front-end loader rampage in Red Deer
EDMONTON – Alberta’s police watchdog says two RCMP officers were justified when they shot and killed a central Alberta man after he went on a rampage with a front-end loader.
The unidentified 37-year-old man who died on Dec. 25, 2015, in Red Deer was wanted on suspicion of sex assault and attempted murder.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says Red Deer RCMP tried to stop the man, who was in a stolen truck, when he injured an officer by ramming the police car.
The truck was later found abandoned in an industrial park where the suspect got into a front-end loader and went on a rampage through the area.