By Canadian Press

POLICE ACTIONS JUSTIFIED

Calgary police officer cleared in fatal shooting

Jul 9, 2020 | 6:21 AM

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.

It says officers gave the man time to calm down and hoped to convince him to voluntarily go with them under the Mental Health Act.

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The agency says that changed when the man made threats to kill people, then jumped from a balcony with an axe and a knife while advancing on an officer.

(The Canadian Press)