Mounties shoot stabbing suspect in St. Paul

A Mountie shot a person suspected of stabbing a 19-year-old woman in St. Paul, Alta., on Tuesday.

She was attacked around 1:30 p.m. in the 4700 block of 51 Avenue.

Alberta RCMP say a confrontation occurred between the responding officers and the male suspect, whose age was not provided, before one officer fired their weapon.

The woman was taken to hospital via ground ambulance and the suspect via air ambulance.

Both are expected to survive.

No police officers were injured.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team will investigate the police shooting, as will Alberta RCMP independently.

Schools in the area enacted hold-and-secure protocol during the incident, although there was no direct threat or safety concerns to the public, Alberta RCMP said.