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2 people dead, officer in stable condition after separate incidents in Estevan, Sask., Wednesday

Two people are dead and a police officer is recovering from injuryafter two separate but related incidents in Estevan, Sask., Wednesday morning.

Estevan police investigating woman's homicide while RCMP, SIRT investigate altercation at police station

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The Estevan Police Service released an update Thursday, sharing some more details about the incidents that transpired in the southern Saskatchewan city a day ago. (motortion/stock.adobe.com)

Two people are dead and a police officer is recovering from injuryafter two separate but related incidents in Estevan, Sask., Wednesday morning.

Multiple police agencies and Saskatchewan'sSerious Incident Response Team (SIRT) are investigatingthe incidentthat killed Karie Ann Guillas, 46, along with a later altercation between the suspect and an Estevan police officer at the city's police station.

The Estevan Police Service released an update Thursdaysharing some more details about what had happened.

Police were called shortly after 6:30 a.m. CST about a medical emergency in an apartment on Sixth Street. Responding officers found Guillasbleeding from serious upper body wounds.

Paramedics rushed Guillas to hospital. She died there just before 9:30 a.m. CST, police say.

Estevan police consider her death a homicide. Officers arrested a man at the scene and brought him to the city's police station.

At the station, through the course of the homicide investigation, an altercation broke out between the suspect and an Estevan police officer, culminating in an "officer-involved shooting." Both the suspect and the officer were seriously injured and airlifted to Regina for treatment.

Estevan police say the officer is in stable condition, but the service has yet to provide an update on the man's health.

A family member said in an online message that they were notified that the man who is Karie Ann Guillas's son died in hospital.

SIRT, which investigates serious incidents involving police that result in a civilian's injury or death, was sent to Estevan Wednesday to examine the officer-involved shooting. A justice ministry spokesperson told CBC News that SIRT should have an update by the end of the week.

Members of the Saskatchewan RCMP's general investigation section, meanwhile, areinvestigating how the police officer was injured during the altercation at the station.

The Estevan Police Service's homicide investigation is ongoing. But in Thursday's update, the service said there no other suspects at this time and no risk to public safety.

On Wednesday, the Weyburn Police Service hadsent some of its officersto Estevan,a city about 185 kilometres southeast of Regina,to help respond to othercalls for service.