The father of a man fatally shot by an RCMP officer Saturday is shedding more light on what happened that night.

Larry Cutarm told CTV News Tuesday that he had been driving a number of people, including his sons to watch a UFC fight when a police car caught up with him.

“All of a sudden, this cop followed me into the driveway,” Cutarm said.

RCMP said the officer stopped a suspected drunk driver.

Cutarm, who claims he wasn’t drinking, said the RCMP officer, who was working alone, thre him to the ground and put him in handcuffs – that’s when Cutarm said his son Lance ran around the outside of the vehicle and tried to intervene.

“He was yelling at the cop, ‘Don’t do that to my dad, he’s old’,” Cutarm said.

At this point, Cutarm said the officer pulled his gun – Lance saw it, and ran.

“The cop shot him twice, went over there and tased him, after he shot him,” Cutarm said.

That incident was the second officer-related shooting and third serious incident involving police in as many days in central Alberta.

The first incident took place Thursday when a man, identified as Curtis Hallock, was shot and wounded by RCMP after he was stopped on suspicion of impaired driving.

In Leduc Friday, a 27-year-old man was tasered by an officer during an arrest – he later went into medical distress and died.

K-Division’s Deputy Commissioner Dale McGowan wouldn’t comment on any specific case, he acknowledged the recent rash of incidents was unique, and he’s waiting for the results of ASIRT investigations in each incident.

“We have full faith in ASIRT and the investigation they will conduct, the facts will come out and we will be led by those facts as what direction to go in,” McGowan said.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Cutarm and his family are preparing to host a wake, followed by a funeral, for Lance Cutarm.

Another son, Laron Cutarm, 41, was also injured in the incident. The family said he suffered a gunshot wound, and was expected to return home from hospital Tuesday.

With files from Susan Amerongen