Blackfalds, Alberta RCMP will not be laying charges after someone was shot dead during a confrontation. on August 2, RCMP were dispatched to a break and enter in progress.  As officers were en route, updates were received that one male was injured and bleeding, and another had been shot. Officers arrived and found the homeowner was suffering from injuries, and there was a deceased male in the residence with a gunshot wound. Witnesses reported that the homeowner had arrived home and found the deceased sleeping in the residence.  A confrontation occurred in which the deceased struck the homeowner numerous times with a baseball bat. During the attack, the homeowner was able to retrieve a firearm and shot the deceased.

RCMP say, after consultation with the Crown Prosecutor’s Office, the decision was made that charges will not be laid.