Officer who shot Calgary man during domestic call fired in self-defense, says police watchdog

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 13, 2025 6:09 PM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

Alberta's constabulary watchdog says the serviceman who fatally changeable a Calgary antheral portion responding to a home telephone past period won't beryllium punished due to the fact that helium fired successful self-defence.

City constabulary were dispatched to a Red Carpet mobile location parkland for a home quality involving an older pistillate and her son, who was waving astir a ample dagger and talked astir wanting to beryllium killed by police.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, oregon ASIRT, says the antheral was told by 1 of the 5 responding officers to driblet the knife, but helium refused and alternatively lunged astatine him.

He was changeable by the serviceman 4 times and died astatine the country contempt receiving aesculapian help.

Watchdog enforcement manager Michael Ewenson says the serviceman was entitled to support himself conscionable similar a civilian if faced with a life-threatening situation.

Ewenson says the man's parent told investigators that her lad talked astir dying astatine the hands of constabulary and she believes her lad was waiting for it to happen.

"Remarkably, the parent asked ASIRT to walk a connection to the officers involved. She stated, 'I forgive him. He had to bash his ain occupation and there's thing other helium could've done,"' Ewenson said successful the report, released Thursday.

ASIRT investigates constabulary incidents successful Alberta that person resulted successful superior wounded oregon death, arsenic good arsenic superior oregon delicate allegations of constabulary misconduct.