Officers with the Edmonton Police Service were justified in their use of force during a shooting that left a robbery suspect and an innocent man dead nearly three years ago, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has concluded.
The police watchdog released its final report Wednesday on the double fatal shooting in central Edmonton on Feb. 23, 2022.
It started when police were called to a robbery involving a gun, believed to be either a sawed-off shotgun or rifle, at a liquor store near 113 Street and 104 Avenue just before 6:30 p.m.
The man allegedly threatened to shoot anyone that followed him, the report said.
Police who responded to the 911 call looked at surveillance video and about half an hour later, spotted a man who appeared to be the suspect in a bus shelter near 104 Street and 107 Avenue.
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ASIRT said the man must have recognized the police as he took off running north on 105 …