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Yukon’s coroner has named the man shot and killed by RCMP on Tuesday, south of Whitehorse.
In a news release on Wednesday, the Yukon Coroner Service identified the deceased man as Christopher John Delaney, 55, of Whitehorse.
The shooting happened on Tuesday at approximately 1 p.m. near the McClintock River Bridge in Marsh Lake, about 50 kilometres southeast of Whitehorse, police said in an earlier news release.
RCMP said a warrant had been issued for the man’s arrest in relation to a firearms incident over the weekend. They had earlier asked for the public’s help to find Delaney, saying he was facing several weapons-related charges.
During the interaction with Delaney on Tuesday, “a police-involved shooting occurred, resulting in the death of the individual,” the statement read.
The Yukon Coroner Service says it is working with the the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), which is leading the investigation.
ASIRT is an arm’s-length organization that investigates serious incidents involving police. The organization has a memorandum of understanding with the territorial government to investigate such incidents in the Yukon.
In an emailed statement to CBC News on Wednesday, an ASIRT spokesperson said investigators were gathering details about what happened and had “no further information to release at this time.”
A section of the Alaska Highway was closed from Tuesday afternoon and into Wednesday due to police activity in the area. Detours had been set up at Jake’s Corner and the Carcross Cutoff, via the South Klondike Highway and Tagish road.
RCMP said just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday that the Highway had reopened in the area.