{"id":780665,"date":"2026-07-04T22:59:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/780665\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T22:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:59:33","slug":"man-dies-after-rcmp-shooting-in-roadside-altercation-near-irricana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/780665\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after RCMP shooting in roadside &#8216;altercation&#8217; near Irricana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mounties say a man who died was shot by one of their officers after an \u201caltercation\u201d just outside Irricana northeast of Calgary on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>It happened at around 6:20 p.m., when police received a 911 call on Highway 9 outside the town.<\/p>\n<p>When RCMP arrived, they say a male suspect was found, and an officer shot him with their service weapon during what they are calling an \u201caltercation.\u201d No details on what transpired were provided.<\/p>\n<p>Life-saving measures were administered, they say, but the man was declared dead on scene.<\/p>\n<p>No officers were hurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndependent of ASIRT\u2019s investigation, the RCMP\u2019s internal review process has been implemented to gather a full account of what took place during this incident,\u201d Mounties said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRCMP training, policy, police response, and the officer\u2019s duty status will be subject to review. The RCMP is, of course, fully cooperating with ASIRT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mounties say they contacted the Police Review Commission, and the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is conducting an independent investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782746833_947_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mounties say a man who died was shot by one of their officers after an \u201caltercation\u201d just outside&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-780665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}