Man hospitalized after being shot by police on Whyte Avenue
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A man is in hospital after being shot by police on Wednesday morning.
The Edmonton Police Service says officers were called to a weapons complaint in the area of 82 Avenue and 93 Street around midnight.
It was reported that a man was waving a gun in the air and pointing it at another person.
"When police arrived, they observed the suspect pointing what appeared to be a gun at a transit bus. A confrontation then took place, and an officer discharged their firearm, striking the man," EPS wrote in a Wednesday news release.
The man was taken into custody, and taken to hospital by EMS, where he remains in stable condition.
Police say a replica handgun was recovered at the scene.
No one else was injured as a result of the incident.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has been directed to investigate the shooting.
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