Man dies following shootout with police

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 | 12:36 PM CT

CBC News

A man at the centre of a standoff on a First Nation north of Regina Monday
is dead following an exchange of gunfire with the RCMP.

According to RCMP Sgt. Brad Kaeding, 44-year-old Delbert Kenneth Pelletier
was a resident of the Muskowekwan First Nation near Punnichy.

The incident started at about 6:30 a.m. when a woman made a 911 call about a
man with a rifle.

A tactical team surrounded a house on the reserve as negotiators tried to
talk the man into giving himself up.

The incident ended in Pelletier's death at about 2 p.m. after he came out of
the house with a rifle and exchanged fire with the Mounties.

According to the RCMP, an outside police agency will be asked to oversee the
investigation as a result of police being involved in the death.