Hobbema RCMP are investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy Feb. 2 at 4:15 a.m.
Hobbema police along with police dog services and EMS responded to a firearms complaint.
The boy died from the incident and police are treating it as a homicide. The exact cause of death will be determined by an autopsy Feb. 4 but police do not feel it was a random act and are investigating if the incident is gang-related.
Members from the RCMP major crimes unit, Wetaskiwin/Hobbema general investigation section, Hobbema detachment and the forensic identification section are still investigating the circumstances.
Vehicle rollover
Emergency crews responded to a vehicle rollover Jan. 31 at 6:30 p.m. on Highway 53 east of Ponoka. A 26-year-old woman was driving a blue Ford F150 when she lost control, hit the ditch and rolled.
Icy road conditions are believed to be a factor and the driver received minor injuries.
Impaired driver collision
Police responded to a call of a vehicle in the ditch Feb. 1 at 1 a.m. The 29-year-old driver from Rocky Mountain House was located on Highway 2 near the Lacombe exit. He admitted to falling asleep while driving and was waiting for a tow truck.
The Mountie suspected the driver of being impaired and he failed the roadside test. He was taken to the Ponoka detachment and charged with impaired driving.
Drunk woman asleep in snow
Police assisted a woman who was found asleep in a snow bank Feb. 3 at 3 a.m. near Shoppers Drug Mart.
The 26-year-old woman was found heavily intoxicated and was brought to the detachment for her safety and later released.
Possible copper theft
Police are looking for the driver of a newer model Ford F350. They believe the person may have information pertaining to the theft of copper wire from a business in the southwest industrial area in the early morning hours of Feb. 1.
The lock on the gate of the compound was cut and an amount of copper was removed.
Impaired driver gassing up
RCMP responded to a call of a possible impaired driver fueling up a green Ford Windstar Feb. 2 at 6 p.m. at a Ponoka gas station. The driver, a 38-year-old woman from Hobbema, failed a roadside test and provided two breath samples with blood-alcohol levels of .19 and .18. She was charged with impaired driving.
Fighting at a party
Police were called to a disturbance in the Poplar Grove Trailer Park Feb. 3 at 3 a.m. They were called by a 17-yearold teenager who claimed he was being threatened and forced to stay at the party.
After some investigation it appears the youth was drunk and was causing a disturbance at the party and refused to leave. Police separated the teenager from the party and brought him home.
If you have information on any crime call Ponoka RCMP at 403-783-4472 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.