{"id":12575,"date":"2023-10-20T22:33:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T22:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/?p=12575"},"modified":"2023-10-20T22:33:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T22:33:09","slug":"officers-actions-necessary-during-deadly-shooting-near-central-edmonton-lrt-crossing-asirt-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/officers-actions-necessary-during-deadly-shooting-near-central-edmonton-lrt-crossing-asirt-edmonton\/","title":{"rendered":"Officers\u2019 actions necessary during deadly shooting near central Edmonton LRT crossing: ASIRT &#8211; Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alberta\u2019s police watchdog has cleared four Edmonton Police Service officers involved in a deadly shooting, saying an investigation determined the their actions were necessary and reasonable.<\/p>\n<p>The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says its investigation into the March 2022 death of an Edmonton man found the officers\u2019 response was justified based off the threat the man posed to those around him.<\/p>\n<p>The report said two off-duty officers arrived to work in the city\u2019s downtown when they heard a loud bang and saw a man near a picnic table holding what appeared to be a black pistol.<\/p>\n<p>The report says the man was holding a 12-gauge shotgun and refused to listen to police when they told him to drop the weapon near\u00a095th Street and 105th Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: &#039;Modified fake gun found at scene of fatal Edmonton police shooting near LRT crossing&#039;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/w47014qfq4-vqidytofi3\/6P_ASIRT_INVESTIGATION.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:01<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Modified fake gun found at scene of fatal Edmonton police shooting near LRT crossing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Police tried to use a stun gun on the man twice, but due to the man wearing baggy winter clothing, it didn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Four officers shot the man after he raised the barrel of his weapon toward some of the officers present.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the benefit of hindsight, time for detached reflection and knowledge of the ultimate outcome, it is easy to speculate about how things could have been done differently,\u201d states the report released Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-blockquote__content l-article__blockquoteContent\">\u201cThat is not the standard, however, against which an officer\u2019s conduct is measured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ASIRT relied on evidence from witnesses, other officers present and video recordings.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tEdmonton police on scene of an incident at the 95 Street LRT crossing north of 105 Avenue Friday, March 25, 2022.\t\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGlobal News\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-leaves.jpg?quality=85&#038;strip=all&#038;w=336&#038;h=224&#038;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Say goodbye to raking leaves. Try one of these alternatives for a cleaner yard\" data-title=\"\">Say goodbye to raking leaves. Try one of these alternatives for a cleaner yard<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ny110-731_2013_123548_high1.jpg?quality=85&#038;strip=all&#038;w=336&#038;h=224&#038;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Owner left shocked after watching his dog get attacked by shark in N.S. waters\" data-title=\"\">Owner left shocked after watching his dog get attacked by shark in N.S. waters<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One witness reported she had heard the man shouting things that didn\u2019t make sense. An autopsy concluded the man died from gunshot wounds and he had methamphetamine in his system at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The four officers who shot the man declined to participate in an interview, which is allowed, but provided reports and notes.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The man was found to have two single-shot pipe shotguns and two single-shot pistols, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>He also had a notebook with an excerpt that read, \u201cI was tormeting (sic) the cops to come after me to take me out because I won\u2019t stop for them,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>ASIRT said the use of force was necessary and reasonable given the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-blockquote__content l-article__blockquoteContent\">\u201c(The male\u2019s) subsequent death, while tragic, does not change the analysis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: &#039;Deadly police shooting under ASIRT investigation near central Edmonton LRT crossing&#039;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/lbeaaxi3zg-i8w6sp55ax\/6P_LRT_INCIDENT.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:25<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Deadly police shooting under ASIRT investigation near central Edmonton LRT crossing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2023 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=65330025ae474af89bda29686378539f&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fglobalnews.ca%2Fnews%2F10039426%2Fedmonton-police-shooting-march-2022-asirt-report%2F&#038;c=3570131644384203643&#038;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener\">Originally Appeared Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta\u2019s police watchdog has cleared four Edmonton Police Service officers involved in a deadly shooting, saying an investigation determined the their actions&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,5015],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12576,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12575\/revisions\/12576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}