An RCMP officer discharged his weapon in an incident on the edge of the downtown area of Prince Rupert on Friday afternoon.
An American woman from Las Vegas was shot in the abdomen, after she attacked the officer who had responded to the call to Pa's Market at the corner of Fulton Street and Sixth Avenue West.
The woman had entered the store and claimed that "some people were trying to kill her", the RCMP officer attended to the call and tried to calm her down.
She then apparently grabbed a pair of scissors and first caused lacerations to the officers hand as he tried to disarm her, before attempting to attack him in the course of the incident.
It would seem that that point the officer fired the shot that entered the woman's abdomen.
The Major Crimes squad is investigating the shooting, as is the case in all officer involved shootings.
CKNW filed a story on their website on Saturday morning with details of the event.
Woman Recovering From Gunshot Wound
She Received From Mounties Gun
CKNW Vancouver
Sep, 30 2006 - 11:40 AM
A 23-year old American woman is in hospital in Prince Rupert recovering from a single gunshot wound to the abdomen she received from a Mountie's gun.
RCMP say around one this afternoon, they were called to a disturbance at a local convenience store where a distraught woman was claiming people were out to kill her.
An officer attempted to calm the woman, who appeared to be under the influence of drugs.
She grabbed a pair of scissors and an unsuccessful attempt to disarm her resulted in the officer suffering lacerations to his hand.
She then attacked him, leading the member to discharge his weapon.
The Las Vegas woman is in hospital in stable condition.
Major Crimes is investigating.
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