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Alberta’s provincial police watchdog is investigating after a woman was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Strathcona County Monday.

About 7:30 a.m., Mounties received a “call for service from a female who requested members attend her residence for assistance,” police said.

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RCMP spokesman Fraser Logan said police couldn’t comment on the nature of the original call because the investigation is ongoing.

When officers arrived at the scene, police said there was a confrontation between the officers and the woman.

One of the officers fired a gun. The female, whose age has not been revealed, was taken to hospital with a serious injury. She died at hospital.

Ross Cushman, who has lived in the neighbourhood for 28 years, said he heard an argument as well as a single shot. His bedroom window faces the street so he was able to see everything that was going on including the aftermath.

“A very traumatized police officer was put into a cruiser at the yellow school zone there near the power pole,” he said. “Two officers were helping him stand and walk. A plainclothes officer came and took the officer away.”