A replica handgun was recovered at the scene of a fatal police shooting Sunday on a highway near Hardisty, Alta., ASIRT says.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating the shooting, which followed a police chase along Highway 13.

A 32-year-old man who was shot by police died Sunday in an Edmonton hospital, ASIRT said in a news release. Late Sunday, RCMP had said the man had been taken to an Edmonton hospital in serious condition.

The chain of events began early Sunday morning, when Killam RCMP officers responded to a complaint about suspicious vehicles in the hamlet of Galahad.

At about 3:30 a.m., officers came across a Dodge Ram truck at Township Road 410 and Range Road 125. Police tried to stop the truck, but it rammed a marked RCMP vehicle twice, then sped away. RCMP ended the pursuit, ASIRT said, and the driver and truck got away.

ASIRT has been directed to investigate an <a href="https://twitter.com/RCMPAlberta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RCMPAlberta</a> officer-involved shooting that took place this evening near Hardisty, and resulted in serious injury to one man. Details to follow. —@ASIRT_AB

At about 5 p.m. Sunday, officers spotted what was thought to be the same truck near the intersection of Highway 13 and Highway 41, and chased it west on Highway 13. The truck drove over a spike belt and soon ended up in a ditch on the south side of the highway, just east of the town of Hardisty, ASIRT said.

Witness video shows a police chase near Amisk, Alberta. The driver was shot and arrested by police. 0:17

"A confrontation occurred between the driver and lone occupant of the vehicle, a 32-year-old man, that resulted in RCMP members discharging their service pistols," the ASIRT news release said.

The wounded man was given immediate emergency medical attention and transported to a local hospital, then flown by STARS air ambulance to an Edmonton hospital. He died later Sunday night, ASIRT said.

No officers were injured.

RCMP say police had been chasing a Dodge Ram truck involved in ramming an RCMP vehicle when officers discharged their weapons. (Alberta RCMP)

A replica handgun was recovered from the snow near of the driver's door of the Dodge truck, police said.

Hardisty is about 200 kilometres southeast of Edmonton.

ASIRT investigates incidents involving Alberta police that result in serious injury or death to any person, as well as serious or sensitive allegations of police misconduct.