ASIRT clears officer in 2021 shooting death of murder suspect [Video]

Alberta’s police watchdog says officers acted reasonably in the fatal shooting of a man suspected of stealing a truck and killing his ex-girlfriend.

In a recent decision, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team said Mounties were investigating an armed carjacking of a GMC pickup truck in Parkland County west of Edmonton on Aug. 13, 2021 and tracked a suspect to an oilfield site west of Rocky Mountain House.

ASIRT said the 39-year-old, who expressed to negotiators that he wanted to get into a shootout, exited an outbuilding while pointing a shotgun at officers, who then fired their weapons.

The agency’s executive director, Michael Ewenson, said in the report that the man had texted a friend and admitted to killing his girlfriend in Edmonton and seriously injuring another man.

Ewenson said the suspect did not comply with police and the threat of death or grievous bodily harm was reason enough for …