Alberta's police watchdog said it was necessary for officers to shoot a man who stabbed a single mom and her 11-year-old child outside Crawford Plains School in southeast Edmonton.
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Alberta’s police watchdog said it was necessary for police to shoot a man who stabbed a mother and her child outside a southeast Edmonton school last year.Robillard was a single mother of three children. Police said Jayden and an eight-year-old sister had walked home from school but could not get inside, so they called their mom.For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.
Police have said the man was known to the force, had mental health issues and was the sole person responsible for the stabbing deaths.
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