Calgary cop cleared of wrongdoing in 2021 shooting by police watchdog
Posted Feb 13, 2025 12:39 pm.
Last Updated Feb 13, 2025 6:46 pm.
Alberta’s police watchdog says an officer was justified in shooting a man who boarded the CTrain with a weapon that turned out to be a BB gun.
Police were called in July 2021 after a report that a homeless man got on the CTrain and sat down with a handgun on his lap before falling asleep.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) says the man woke up hours later and walked along the train platform at the Sirocco Station with the gun in his hand.
The watchdog says the man ignored officers’ demands to drop the gun and was shot in the head and chest, sustaining serious but non life-threatening injuries.
Investigators say the gun was later found to be a BB gun.
ASIRT executive director Michael Ewenson says the officer was lawfully placed and used reasonable force in taking down the suspected threat.
