ASIRT investigating fatal police shooting in west Edmonton

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 15, 2025 8:50 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Alberta's constabulary watchdog is investigating a constabulary shooting that killed a 36-year-old antheral successful westbound Edmonton Tuesday afternoon.

The shooting happened in the Glenwood neighbourhood, successful an alley successful the country of 156th Street and 98th Avenue, Edmonton Police Service said successful a quality merchandise connected Tuesday.

Officers had been called to the country astir 12:46 p.m., for a  weapons ailment adjacent 97th Avenue and 163rd Street. It was reported to constabulary that a antheral had entered a gait and pointed a weapon astatine the nonmigratory earlier leaving connected foot, constabulary said.

Police located a fishy matching the description successful an alley adjacent 98th Avenue and 156th Street and "a confrontation occurred, resulting successful 1 serviceman discharging a firearm," EPS said. 

EPS said EMS arrived and transported the antheral to infirmary wherever helium was declared dead. No EPS members were injured successful the incident, the quality merchandise says. An entity believed to beryllium a firearm was located astatine the scene, constabulary said.

There was a ample constabulary beingness successful the country Tuesday evening, including members of the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), which investigates superior allegations of constabulary misconduct and erstwhile decease oregon superior wounded whitethorn person been caused by police.

ASIRT has been directed to analyse the incident, EPS said.