RCMP acted reasonably in shooting fatality near Alix: ASIRT
Alberta’s police watchdog has determined Bashaw RCMP members acted reasonably when they shot and killed a 37-year-old man during an incident near Alix in 2017.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) released the findings of its investigation into the incident on Wednesday.
At about 7:40 a.m. on October 19, 2017, ASIRT says RCMP received a complaint that a heavy-duty Ford 250 truck had been stolen from the Keyera Nevis Gas Plant. RCMP were then alerted that truck was parked on Range Road 235, south of Highway 11.
ASIRT says it was at about 9:21 a.m. when three officers in full uniform and in marked police vehicles arrived on scene to find the stolen vehicle parked, with a man who appeared to be asleep in the driver’s seat.