Man shot as he approached Ponoka, Alta., RCMP Detachment 'with a weapon': police

An officer shot an armed man in Ponoka, Alta., Thursday morning after he approached the RCMP Detachment there with a weapon and "a confrontation occurred," police said. The gunfire happened around 9:30 a.m., and the scene included the Ponoka Courthouse, which was also taped off and locked down. RCMP did not say if a weapon was found or used by the injured man, and there was no clarification what they believed that weapon to be. No RCMP officers or anyone else was injured, and Cpl. Troy Savinkoff