One man has been arrested and his vehicle seized by police after a German tourist was shot in the head while driving his family to Banff National Park Thursday.
At 3:20 p.m. MT Friday, Cochrane RCMP seized a black, four-door Chrysler Sebring and detained a man who was at the residence where the car was found.
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Police said the man’s involvement in the shooting remains under investigation and charges have not yet been laid.
The tourist underwent successful surgery on Thursday night.
“There may or may not be some permanent damage as a result of the trauma yesterday,” said Sgt. Tom Kalis of the Cochrane RCMP.
The 60-year-old man, who was travelling with his wife, son and son’s girlfriend in a Dodge Durango, lost control of the vehicle after being shot just before noon on Thursday. Kalis said the vehicle travelled a considerable distance off the highway and struck a tree. Police were called to a single-vehicle crash on Highway 1A near Morley, Alta., about 55 kilometres west of Calgary.
Highway 1A is a two-lane road which leads to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
Officers who attended the scene of the crash found a bullet hole in the driver’s side window and learned the driver had been shot.
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