ASIRT clears officer involved in 2019 Monterey Park shooting [Video]

A Calgary officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the shooting of a home invasion suspect in the community of Monterey Park in 2019.

The incident unfolded on Oct. 10, as police responded to reports that two men, one who was armed, were attempting to kick down the front door of a home on Laguna Close N.E.

Alberta’s independent police watchdog, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), released a report on the shooting on Thursday.

It says police responded to the scene, at which time staff in the HAWCS helicopter witnessed two people run from the home and get into a VW Jetta.

Officers on the ground located the Jetta and began pursuing it in an unmarked cruiser.

“Very shortly after beginning following the Jetta, an individual leaned out of the passenger side of it and fired three shots at (police),” ASIRT said in its report.

The Jetta continued travelling, eventually nearing a marked police van parked at the intersection of Catalina Boulevard and Laguna …