By Canadian Press

FATAL POLICE SHOOTING

ASIRT investigating fatal shooting in Calgary

Jun 27, 2019 | 6:31 AM

CALGARY- Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating after an officer shot and killed a woman in Calgary.

Police say the officer was responding to a call about 6 a.m. on Wednesday of a suspicious person wandering in and out of several backyards in the city’s southeast.

They say a woman in her 30s pepper sprayed the officer, they fought and the officer shot the woman.

She was taken in critical condition to hospital, where she died.

The officer, who has been on the force for six years, required medical attention at the scene.

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The officer has been placed on a 30-day administrative leave.

(The Canadian Press)