Police watchdog investigating RCMP-involved fatal shooting

A man is dead and a police officer is in hospital after a shooting in central Saskatchewan Sunday morning.

Shellbrook RCMP say officers were called out to a reported assault at Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, located about 65 kilometres northwest of Prince Albert.

Mounties say when they arrived and approached a residence, they had a confrontation with a man, the officers took cover and the man fledinside the home with children in it.

The scene was secured, and during the police response, police say a firearm was discharged and the man was injured.

Officers initiated life-saving efforts until paramedics arrived, but the resident of the First Nation was later pronounced dead at the scene. A police officer was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Teamhas been called in to investigate the RCMP's interaction with the deceased and the circumstances of his death.