On Jan. 12, 2026, RCMP officers went to an industrial property in the County of Grande Prairie to carry out a search warrant related to alleged firearm offences. Police were looking for firearms and a man wanted on an arrest warrant.
An RCMP crisis negotiation team began speaking with a man inside a building on the property when officers arrived to execute the search warrant shortly after 6 a.m.
In the hours that followed, someone fired shots at police on six separate occasions, with police returning fire on the sixth occasion. No one was injured in the exchange of gunfire.
At about 6:30 p.m., an officer fired an impact projectile, striking the man in the face and causing a serious injury to his eye. Police took the man into custody and transported him to hospital for medical treatment.
The RCMP recovered multiple firearms from the property.
The Police Review Commission has directed ASIRT to investigate the event as a Level 1 matter, which the Police Act defines as a case involving serious injury, death, or serious or sensitive allegations relating to the actions of an officer.
Information released at this stage is based on the initial information available to investigators. The investigation is ongoing, and ASIRT has no further information to release at this time.
ASIRT operates within the Police Review Commission, an independent, civilian-led agency that investigates criminal allegations and public complaints involving police services in Alberta. ASIRT independently and objectively investigates incidents that result in death, serious injury and potential criminal offences involving all Alberta police services, as well as serious matters involving peace officers.
This release is distributed by the Government of Alberta on behalf of the Police Review Commission.