A man is in hospital after being shot by Calgary police in a northeast neighborhood Sunday night.
Residents of a home in the 12100 block of Coventry Hills Way NE called police just before 10 p.m., saying a man with a gun was in their yard and trying to break into their home.
Police say the family took shelter inside as officers were dispatched.
According to Calgary Police Service officials, officers located the gunman and attempted to de-escalate the situation. Two members of the CPS shot at the man, striking him.
Officers treated the man until EMS arrived. The victim was taken to hospital, where his life is not in danger.
The Alberta Major Incident Response Team is investigating the police shooting. No employees were injured.
Neighbors believe the man may not have targeted the house with plans to rob it, as his actions appear to be trying to escape from someone.
Devin Wright, who lives near the scene of the shooting, was in bed watching TV when he heard a knock on his door. When he got downstairs, he found no one at his doorstep, so he checked the surveillance camera footage.
“I saw the guy come to the door like he was hiding or running or something. It looked like something wasn’t quite right,” Wright told CTV News. “And then as I was watching the videos and stuff, we heard a couple of shots and then we looked out the window and we saw a police car. And then there was a whole bunch of police cars and then an ambulance and then it looked like they were taking him to the ambulance.”
The video shows a man running down the street, hiding behind parked vehicles and running to the front doors of several houses, where he appears to be frantically ringing doorbells as he tries to avoid being seen from the road.
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