A Hardisty woman has been charged with attempted murder following an incident where a man was shot in this town located in Flagstaff County.
Killam RCMP report they received a dispatch that a shooting had taken place in Hardisty on Jan. 27. Once they arrived, the officers found a man with injuries “consistent with a gunshot wound,” stated the RCMP.
As of a Feb. 1 news release by police, the unidentified man remains in critical condition after being transported by ambulance to an Edmonton hospital.
An investigation ensued with the assistance of the Forensic Identification Services and Eastern Alberta District General Investigation Section.
As a result of the investigation, RCMP have charged Alicia Vandenberg, 42, with attempted murder, pointing a firearm, careless use of a firearm, aggravated assault, and assault with a weapon.
Police report that Vandenberg appeared before a justice of the pace and was remanded into custody. She was to next appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Camrose on Feb. 7.
Patricia Harcourt
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