Calgary police officer cleared in fatal shooting

CALGARY- Alberta’s police watchdog says a Calgary officer was justified in the shooting death of a man having a mental breakdown two years ago.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) says in a release that officers were attempting to get the 43-year-old man medical help.

He had declining mental health due to a head injury and had been assessed and discharged from hospital in the days before the January 2018 shooting.

ASIRT says a concerned neighbour called police to an apartment building but officers were unable to persuade the screaming man to come out of his unit.