Redcliff man surrenders to police

REDCLIFF, Alta. – Charges have been laid against a Redcliff man after shots were fired at police. On June 16, 2023, RCMP were responding to an assault and theft at a property in Redcliff. At 7:00 p.m., officers located a suspect who resisted arrest and fired a gun at police. The suspect retreated into a camper on the property. Officers contained the area and the Emergency Response Team was dispatched.

Additional gun shots were herd coming from the trailer.  On June 17, 2023, at approximately 01:30 a.m. the suspect surrendered to police and was taken into custody.

There were no injuries to the suspect or police.  As a result of investigation, RCMP have charged 32-year-old Redcliff resident, Jonathan Andrew Kearney, with:

• Discharge firearm with intent

• Discharge firearm while being reckless

• Additional weapon/firearms offences (x12)

• Resist arrest

• Fail to comply with release conditions

• Breach of Conditional Sentence Order

Kearny was taken before a Justice of the Peace and remanded in custody with his next court date set for June 20, 2023, at the Alberta Court of Justice at Medicine Hat.