The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, or ASIRT, has released its report on a shooting involving an RCMP member in St. Paul earlier this year.
The incident occurred on March 10, 2026, with the report noting that an RCMP officer shot an individual while responding to a stabbing at a home in the northeast Alberta town.
INITIAL RESPONSE
On March 10, at around 1:30 p.m., police were sent to a home in St. Paul after receiving a report that a woman had been stabbed multiple times.
ASIRT noted that all responding officers were equipped with body-worn cameras, and footage was reviewed when compiling the report.
The report stated that the stabbing victim informed officers that her boyfriend had stabbed her in one of the bedrooms of the home and claimed he had fled the scene.
The subject officer, whose actions were focused on in the report, entered one of the bedrooms and found the suspect inside, holding a knife.
The subject officer repeatedly told the suspect to drop the knife, which he did not do and instead stood up while holding the weapon, according to the report.
Officials noted that the suspect started to move toward the officer and others who had come in to assist, while pointing the knife at them.
SHOOTING
As the suspect reached the doorway, the report stated that the subject officer fired his service pistol.
After the first shot, officials said the suspect continued to move toward officers while still holding the knife, prompting the subject officer to fire a second shot. The report stated that the suspect then fell onto a mattress in the bedroom but kept holding the knife.
Officials said the suspect tried to lift himself off the mattress and move toward the door, while still holding the weapon.
He was told by police to drop it and that he was under arrest. Another officer then deployed a conducted energy weapon, or taser, twice, with each shock lasting five seconds.
The report noted that after the first shot, the suspect tried to remove the electric wiring from his body, while still clutching the knife, which is when a second shock was fired.
ASIRT said the suspect continued to move across the mattress toward the doorway. A third taser shot was fired and caused the suspect to stiffen up and drop the knife.
The report stated that two knives were found in the bedroom.
The knife held by the suspect during the incident was identified as a hunting knife.
A second knife, described as a kitchen knife, was found as the suspect was being moved by Emergency Medical Services personnel to be taken to the hospital.
CONCLUSION
ASIRT’s investigation found that the subject officer’s actions were necessary, and there are no reasonable grounds to say that an offence was committed by the officer.
The full report is available online from ASIRT.
