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By Ashley Legassic

ONE ARRESTED

Officer shot and injured after standoff in the Kootenays

Oct 11, 2019 | 3:59 PM

ARGENTA, B.C. — A police officer has been shot and a man has been arrested after a tense standoff near Kaslo today.

In a news release, BC RCMP says the incident started yesterday evening (Oct. 10) near Argenta and was resolved this afternoon.

“Following lengthy and exhaustive negotiations between RCMP Crisis Negotiators and a barricaded 28-year-old man, the man exited the residence and was arrested without further incident,” the release states. “Now that the incident has ended, the RCMP can confirm that a BC RCMP officer suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries after being shot during the incident.”

Officers attended the suspect’s location with arrest warrants, but the man barricaded himself in a cabin and allegedly fired shots.

The injured officer was taken to hospital and is expected to recover.

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RCMP resources from across the province have been deployed to support the investigation.

“While we always hope that situations such as this come to a swift and safe resolution, we are thankful that our officer is expected to fully recover and no one else has been injured,” said Supt. Brad Haugli, officer in charge of the Southeast District RCMP.

The man is in custody but no charges have been laid at this time.