Alberta police watchdog investigating after suspect shot dead by police
Man fled from police in a stolen vehicle and produced firearm, police said
Update 2: On March 6, 2025, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) released its decision, concluding that the officers involved acted properly in the execution of their duties.
Related to this incident, the Edmonton Police Service also issued a news release on March 6, 2025, stating that the 33-year-old man who was shot and killed by police was responsible for a shooting death that happened earlier the same day, on Dec. 31, 2021.
The ASIRT decision said officers involved in the police shooting didn't know at the time of the suspect's potential connection to the murder of "a high-ranking member of the Red Alert gang." The decision noted the killing could have influenced the actions and state of mind of the 33-year-old man during his confrontation with police.
Update 1: On Jan. 5, 2022, ASIRT said the suspect was 33 years old and that he had been driving a stolen Chrysler 300. Officers found a sawed-off shotgun near where the man fell after he was shot. He died on scene. The driver's door of a police vehicle had "damage consistent with being struck by shotgun fire," ASIRT said. The investigation continues.
Alberta's police watchdog is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that happened Friday in central Edmonton.
Edmonton police said in a news release that a male suspect who had fled from police earlier in a stolen vehicle was fatally wounded when he produced a firearm and officers discharged their weapons.
Police said officers came across a stolen vehicle mobile in the area of 92nd Street and 112th Avenue, just after noon on Friday and shortly after the suspect entered a criminal flight from police.
The suspect was located again about 10 minutes later around 97th Street and 111th Avenue. Police said the suspect fled again shortly thereafter and collided with an unoccupied vehicle on 95th Street with police following. The vehicle headed east on 118th Avenue before veering into a snowbank near 117th Avenue and 92nd Street.
The male suspect fled the vehicle on foot.
"It was at this time that the male suspect produced a firearm, and police subsequently discharged their firearms in response," police said in a news release.
No police officers were hurt in the incident. Police did not name the suspect.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has now taken over the investigation.