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The RCMP officer who was shot in the head at an Alberta casino last weekend has died.

Alberta RCMP Const. David Wynn, 42, had been in hospital since he was gunned down early Saturday morning and was not expected to survive.

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“Words cannot express the deep sadness we feel today,” the RCMP said in a statement.

Wynn, a husband and father of three sons, died Wednesday morning in an Edmonton hospital.

The RCMP say there will be a regimental funeral for Wynn in the Edmonton area, with details to follow.

On Monday evening, his wife spoke of saying goodbye to her gravely injured husband.

“We’re saying our goodbyes today and then from there, he’ll be in a better place,” Shelly MacInnis-Wynn said at an evening news conference.

“Today’s the day we say goodbye to Dave.”

She thanked the RCMP, the city of St. Albert and people in Nova Scotia, where Wynn worked as a paramedic before joining the Mounties.

Wynn’s sister, Dawn Sephton, thanked the medical teams at two Edmonton hospitals for the care they gave her little brother.