Alberta’s police watchdog has released new information about an incident in Coventry Hills Sunday night that ended with a man shot by Calgary police, saying the suspect approached other homes in the area before the situation escalated.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) says officers were called to a home in the 12100 block of Coventry Hills Way NE just before 10 p.m. after a man knocked on the door of the home and told the resident inside that is being chased by someone.
The resident did not let the man inside and called 911 instead.
According to ASIRT, when officers arrived, a man was “running toward them from the backyard.”
“Officers fired their service weapons, striking the man,” it said in a statement Wednesday.
Officers found a “large gardening tool” in the front yard, near where the man had been, ASIRT said.
ASIRT released this photo of a “large garden tool” located in the front yard near where the suspect was. (ASIRT) The suspect was detained and processed by officers on scene until emergency services arrived.
Paramedics then transported the man to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
ASIRT says it has reason to believe the suspect “was in the area knocking on other doors” before the incident.
Anyone who may have seen the suspect in the hours leading up to the shooting, or who witnessed the shooting itself, is asked to contact ASIRT at 403-592-4306.
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