Police Shooting

• Edmonton police officer charged in shooting of stabbing suspect in 2024

  Edmonton Police Service Sgt. Neil Thompson was charged with one count of aggravated assault after shooting a bar stabbing suspect in the west end last year.

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  Sep 5
  
• No charges against Winnipeg cops in 2023 fatal shooting of international student: report

  An investigation into the fatal Winnipeg police shooting of 19-year-old Afolabi Opaso on New Year's Eve 2023 has concluded the officers involved did not commit an offence.

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  Aug 27
  
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• ASIRT investigating after man shot by police in Wîhkwêntôwin

  There was a confrontation between a 42-year-old suspect and another resident, and the suspect was shot by an officer from inside the bucket of a responding fire truck.

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  Aug 21
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• BB gun found after shooting at Sherwood Park RCMP detachment: ASIRT

  A BB gun was recovered after a suspected armed man found inside the secure parking lot of the Strathcona County RCMP detachment in Sherwood Park was shot by police.

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  Aug 5
• Retired Mountie charged with aggravated assault in 2019 Eckville shooting

  Six years after a Mountie shot a suspect in the face west of Red Deer, charges against the now-retired RCMP officer have been laid.

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  Jul 29
• Police shooting inside gated parking lot at RCMP detachment in Sherwood Park

  Detachment commander Supt. Barry Larocque said a man with what appeared to be a gun was in their gated, locked parking lot on the backside of the building.

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  Jul 28
• Man shot by police during Markham, Ont., dispute dies in hospital: SIU

  Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a police shooting in Markham early Wednesday morning that came after a welfare-check cal.

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  Jun 11
• Woman wandering in traffic, climbing on cars shot by Manitoba police on Highway 1

  It happened on Monday night at around 9:30 p.m., when police received reports from several witnesses that the woman was walking in and out of traffic.

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  May 13
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• ASIRT clears Calgary officer in fatal police shooting, citing self-defence

  A Calgary police officer who fatally shot a man while responding to a domestic call fired in self-defence according to the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT).

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  Mar 13
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• One person dead following police shooting in southeast Calgary

  One person is dead after a Calgary Police Service officer was involved in a shooting in the 6000 block of 17 Ave. S.E. in Penbrooke Meadows on Wednesday morning.

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  Feb 19