RCMP in Saskatchewan say a fatal police-involved shooting last week happened after officers encountered a group of people in the woods, and there was a confrontation.
Police say in a news release that on Friday morning, two RCMP officers encountered five people in a wooded area near the community of Deschambault Lake.
The release says that during the encounter, a confrontation occurred between the officers and one of the five people, a man from Deschambault Lake.
The officers shot the man, the release says, and while they provided initial medical assistance, he did not survive.
The officers were not injured.
Mounties say several of the group were arrested, and one of the people is charged with reckless discharge of a firearm.
"A firearm and several replica firearms were located and seized at the scene," the police news release from Saturday said.
The family of the man who died has been notified, police said.
Four people were arrested at the scene. Two were released without charges.
A 31-year-old man from Pelican Narrows, Sask., is charged with reckless discharge of a firearm. The release noted that no injuries were reported to police in connection with the charge.
Police said he is also charged with possession of a weapon contrary to section 91(2) of the Criminal Code, and had an outstanding warrant in relation to a separate Deschambault Lake RCMP investigation.
A 20-year-old woman from Deschambault Lake is charged with breach of an undertaking in relation to that separate Deschambault Lake investigation.
Both are to appear in Prince Albert Provincial Court on Monday morning.
Police said the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team has been notified about the officer-involved shooting and will investigate the circumstances around it.
They said they cannot provide any additional information at this time due to the ongoing investigation by the police watchdog agency.
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