EDMONTON — Independent investigators have cleared a Yukon police officer in a 2022 fatal shooting of a man who was threatening others with a rifle.
In a report released by the civilian-led Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, investigators say an officer who shot the man at Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport was"acting properly in the execution of his duties."
The rifle did not fire, and the man pointed the rifle at his own chin and pulled the trigger, again it failed to fire a shot. It says when RCMP then arrived on the scene the suspect ignored orders to stop and drop the weapon, then told police to shoot him before one officer fired two shots, killing the man.
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