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Calgary police shoot liquor store robbery suspect, ASIRT investigates

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WATCH ABOVE: The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating after a Calgary Police Service officer shot a man suspected or robbing a liquor store. The man was not seriously injured. Michael King has the details.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has been called in to investigate a police shooting in northwest Calgary on Sunday.

The incident started when police were called about an attempted robbery at an Ace Liquor along 16th Avenue Northwest in the Montgomery neighbourhood.

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Police said a male suspect was found in Montgomery Town Square.

“The suspect was holding a weapon and did not comply with officer demands to drop the weapon,” the Calgary Police Service said in a news release Sunday.

Police said one officer shot the suspect. He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

The CPS said none of its members were injured.

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