RCMP officer shoots woman during disturbance on Trans-Canada Highway
Body camera video of incident to be handed over to police watchdog: RCMP
A woman is in hospital after she was shot by an RCMP officer responding to calls about a disturbance on the Trans-Canada Highway.
Officers responded to reports a person was walking in and out of traffic on Highway 1, near Road 88 West at around 9:30 p.m. Monday, police said in a release Tuesday.
The first officer who arrived at the scene saw the woman "acting erratically," climbing on vehicles while "brandishing an edged weapon," the release says.
Police say the woman ignored the officer's de-escalation attempts, and disregarded repeated commands to drop the weapon.
According to the release, she turned and quickly moved toward the officer who fired his firearm.
The woman, 54, from the RM of North Cypress-Langford, was taken to hospital in stable condition, the release said.
The officer was wearing a body camera, which was activated when he arrived at the scene, RCMP say.
The video will be turned over to the Independent Investigation Unit, the civilian-led agency charged with investigating all serious incidents involving police officers in Manitoba.
The incident occurred on the Trans-Canada west of the town of Carberry, which is about 160 kilometres west of Winnipeg.