Alberta police watchdog clears officers in 2018 Boxing Day killing of armed man yeg
The victim, referred to as “the affected person” or AP in the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team report released Thursday afternoon, had a gun and fired it after officers pulled over the truck he was in as part of a “high risk arrest.”Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Evans was wanted on outstanding warrants, ASIRT said, and was considered “armed and dangerous.” Evans, taken to hospital shortly after the shooting near 71 Street and 79 Avenue in the King Edward Park neighbourhood, was later pronounced dead. The autopsy was conducted at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Dec. 28, with the cause of death being “multiple gunshot wounds.” There were a total of 12 gunshot wounds and nine bullets were recovered from his body. Toxicology showed methamphetamine use prior to death, said the ASIRT report.Article content
No one else was injured in the shooting, including two other people who had left the truck. But at least 10 bullet holes were in the truck and multiple bullet holes marked the outside walls of the nearby Urban Village condo complex.ASIRT investigation continues into two RCMP shootings that left one man dead
“This incident led to five bullets entering residences,” states the ASIRT report. “One came from the AP, and four came from the subject officers. The people inside of these residences had no connection to the AP and were going about their lives normally when the officer-involved shooting occurred.”approximately 37, based on the number of defects found in the Chevrolet Avalanche andwith regard to the number of officers, the elapsed time, and the threat posed. collectively discharged 28 shots.
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