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ASIRT investigating police-involved shooting in NW Calgary

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ASIRT investigating officer-involved shooting in northwest Calgary
WATCH: The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened on Wednesday morning. As Elissa Carpenter reports, police were originally called to what was thought to be a traffic incident. – Feb 8, 2023

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating a police-involved shooting on Feb. 8 in Calgary.

The Calgary Police Service received a call around 4 a.m. that a “giant truck had hit (the caller’s) residence and a parked vehicle,” on Hendon Drive N.W., according to a news release.

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When officers arrived, they found the truck “repeatedly hitting a parked vehicle at the residence,” ASIRT said.

An officer went up to the truck and the driver pointed at the officer what appeared to be a handgun. The officer fired their firearm, hitting the driver in the chest. The driver tried to take off but didn’t get away.

The driver was arrested about 1.5 hours later when a tactical team arrived. They suffered a gun shot wound to the chest and were taken to hospital

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