The 59-year-old Alberta RCMP officer who was airlifted to hospital after being injured in a shootout west of Edmonton has been identified as Evansburg RCMP officer Sgt. Brian Topham, sources told Global News.
Topham was injured when a bullet grazed his head and a fleeing murder suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire near Evansburg, Alta., a small community about 100 kilometres west of Edmonton.
Topham, a senior member of the RCMP, was flown by STARS Air Ambulance to Edmonton, where he remained in stable condition Friday morning.
“Sgt. Topham remains in the hospital, but is recovering well and is in good spirits,” RCMP media relations Cpl. Laurel Scott said in an update Friday afternoon.
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