The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating a police-involved shooting that happened on Elizabeth Metis Settlement near Cold Lake, Alta., last month.
Cold Lake RCMP responded to a firearms call just before noon on Nov. 8.
“It was reported that a male was driving a stolen side-by-side and he attended a residence and pointed a firearm at a person,” reads a police statement issued Tuesday.
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Police found the man, and when he tried to flee, the officer fired his gun.
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There were no injuries, according to RCMP.
Elizabeth Metis Settlement is about 290 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, and about 35 kilometres south of Cold Lake, Alta., near the Saskatchewan border.
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