Officer seriously wounded as Mounties surround cabin in Kootenays
Posted October 11, 2019 4:33 pm.
Last Updated October 11, 2019 9:47 pm.
ARGENTA, B.C. – A police officer was seriously injured after being shot while RCMP surrounded a remote cabin to arrest a man in the Kootenays.
Police say officers had arrest warrants for a 28-year-old man when he barricaded himself in the cabin and allegedly fired shots at officers outside.
A police statement says the injured officer was transported to a local hospital and is expected to recover.
RCMP crisis negotiators were brought in to speak with the man, who police say came out of the cabin and was arrested without incident Friday.
The remote cabin at the centre of the standoff is at north end of Kootenay Lake, close to the small community of Argenta.
Chief Supt. Brad Haugli of the RCMP’s southeast district says the Mounties are thankful the officer is expected to fully recover and no one else was injured.
