Officers won’t be charged after innocent man shot and killed, Alberta police watchdog says | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Aaron Sousa
Publication Date: December 11, 2024 - 20:00

Officers won’t be charged after innocent man shot and killed, Alberta police watchdog says

December 11, 2024
Officers won’t face charges after an innocent man was unknowingly shot and killed in 2022, Alberta’s police watchdog said Wednesday.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, or ASIRT, said in a report that three Edmonton officers were chasing a robbery suspect when they fired several shots, including some that went into a downtown apartment building.The suspect was killed, and police later discovered James Hanna also died when a bullet that went through his apartment building struck him in the chest as he sat in front of his TV.


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