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The province’s police watchdog is investigating after Strathmore RCMP officers shot and killed a person throughout a confrontation exterior a fuel station on Christmas Day.
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The Alberta Critical Incident Response Staff (ASIRT) mentioned Tuesday its investigators are searching for witnesses to an incident that occurred on Christmas morning at a Husky fuel station on Ridge Highway.
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In accordance with a information launch, Strathmore RCMP have been known as to the fuel station at 3:36 a.m. on Dec. 25 by an attendant on the station who mentioned an “agitated man” was inside the shop and didn’t wish to depart.
Two officers arrived on the retailer at 3:43 a.m. and spoke with the person, who’s seen on surveillance footage from inside the shop. Officers tried to arrest the person after he remained within the retailer till 4:20 a.m
“The person and the 2 officers struggled, and the officers used their directed vitality weapons on him. The officers then left the shop to attend for backup,” ASIRT mentioned.
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The person remained within the retailer and commenced hurting himself and damaging the inside of the shop, based on the discharge. The clerk left the shop earlier than this began taking place.
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At 04:38 the person left the shop with a hammer and strolling stick. He hit a marked RCMP automobile with both the hammer or cane and was then pepper sprayed by the officers. He fled again to the shop.
Extra officers arrived and made a cease on the intersection close to the fuel station at 4:44 a.m., based on ASIRT. The person left the shop once more, a confrontation passed off and two of the officers shot the person.
“The person was handled by the officers after which emergency medical companies. He was transported to hospital, the place he died,” ASIRT mentioned.
The hammer was discovered close to the intersection, based on investigators.
The ASIRT investigators will analyze the RCMP officers’ use of power. They’re asking anybody who could have seen the confrontation between the person and police to contact investigators at 403-592-4306.
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