A BB gun was recovered after a suspected armed man found inside the secure parking lot of the Strathcona County RCMP detachment in Sherwood Park was shot by police.

On July 28 at 10:30 a.m., an RCMP officer spotted a man with what appeared to be a gun in the detachment’s gated, locked parking lot on the backside of the building, where police cruisers and other RCMP vehicles are secured.

There were about 40 and 50 staff on site — a mix of civilians and RCMP officers — so the detachment was put on lockdown.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, in an update issued Tuesday, said the officer believed the man was in possession of a firearm and broadcast that information over the police radio.

“Several other officers entered the secure parking lot, located the man and provided ver

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