Alberta
Edmonton Police fatally shoot man wanted on Canada-wide warrant. ASIRT investigating.
From the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT)
Officer-involved fatality in Edmonton under investigation
On Aug. 18, 2018, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate circumstances surrounding an event that resulted in the death of a 30-year-old man following an encounter with members of the Edmonton Police Service (EPS).
At approximately 9:40 p.m., EPS officers responded to a hit-and-run collision call. A motorist who had been involved in the collision followed the vehicle to a parking lot at 12336 66 St. and provided police the location and the licence plate of the vehicle. Police determined that the vehicle was stolen.
At about 9:47 p.m., two uniformed EPS members arrived at the scene in a police vehicle with its emergency equipment activated and saw two men getting into the stolen vehicle. Officers positioned their vehicle to prevent the stolen vehicle from leaving. Police ordered the occupants to get out of the vehicle with their hands up. The man in the passenger seat exited the vehicle and, complying with police commands, surrendered. As one of the officers approached him, moving along the passenger side of the vehicle, a confrontation occurred with the man seated in the driver’s seat that resulted in that officer seeking cover and a second officer, who was positioned near the driver’s side of the stolen vehicle, firing his service pistol at the man. The man was struck and determined to be dead on scene. Officers arrested the 29-year-old passenger.
Subsequent to the incident, both men were identified and determined to be wanted on Canada-wide warrants for being unlawfully at large.
A sawed-off, lever-action .30-30 calibre rifle (below) was recovered from inside the stolen vehicle following the incident.
The EPS will retain conduct of the investigation into the possible criminal actions of the occupants of the stolen vehicle. ASIRT’s investigation will focus on the circumstances surrounding the confrontation that resulted in the death of the man in the driver’s seat of the vehicle.
With the investigation underway, ASIRT will not be releasing any further information at this time.
ASIRT’s mandate is to effectively, independently and objectively investigate incidents involving Alberta’s police that have resulted in serious injury or death to any person, as well as serious or sensitive allegations of police misconduct.
From the YouTube channel of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
Members of the media join Premier Danielle Smith for a round table on January 21, 2025.
Yakk Stack By Sheldon Yakiwchuk
Prior to Trumps inauguration event and announcement was made that Trump would not be imposing the 25% tariffs…
Which means, Canada seriously dodged a bullet here.
And while the Liberals will most likely frame this as, their success in showing, Bad Orange Man, that they’re tough and ready to burn down what is left of our economy, throwing Alberta under the bus, first…through a nuclear option…
Premier Smith rode this challenge out like the true champion we knew that she would be.
It’s hard to say if this was a legality matter in the grander scheme…or if the 25% tariffs would have truly been as big of an impact on the US…
One thing is clear, however…
Smith was ready to go to the tables with the Trump administration and opt for diplomacy over threats…which should be what we expect from our leaders.
And should these 25% tariffs have gone through…I’m more than sure a Plan B would have been brought out in civil conversations, over screeching rhetoric.
“She’s treasonous”, they screeched.
“She’s supporting her friends in Oil and Gas”, they relent.
“She should put Canada first”, they echo…
And let’s just address these…
Is Walmart beholden to Campbells soup? Fruit of the Loom? Kraft?
Or does Walmart sell products that helps keep their doors open?
Walmart is not beholden to any product…just like Premier Smith isn’t. We have 26% of our GDP – the largest portion – owed to Alberta O&G, something that we have a limited trade partner with, due to the Liberal – Anti-Alberta/Anti-O&G/Anti-Pipeline attitude that wants to spend us further in debt with unreliable and expensive “Renewables”.
What does Alberta get from renewables?
A higher cost for energy, in an affordability crisis, created by the same people who continue to push them…sounds like a terrible deal, for Albertans, and something a true leader would Not Favor.
When Walmart sits down to hash out a deal with Heinz, are they committing treason because they haven’t shown their allegiance to their own, ‘Great Value’ brand Ketchup?
No…other provinces have their own industries and resources, which they are free to continue developing independent of the federal government, as is suitable and supportive of their own economies…Alberta isn’t competing with them, nor Canada as a whole.
Alberta through industry and resource, actually supports Canada through a grand imbalance on “Equalization Payments”…
As do we through paying 50% more into the Canada Pension Plan, than we actually get out of the Canada Pension Plan…to the tune of a $334 Billion Dollars.
And as for this “Team Canada”, horseshit…
The title Premier of Alberta, should hold some clues as to who Premier Smith should be advocating for…as she is the Premier of Alberta and Not the Prime Minister, nor leader in the Liberal Party that has created this fiasco, to begin with.
Rail, as they may…other provinces can’t cast a vote in her support, either way…
None of the other provinces, through Members of Parliament, nor through Premiers, came to support Alberta and our economy through a number of Federal Bills that railed on our provincial resources…
Worse yet…these hypocrites cash cheques from our province, while telling us how to diversify our economy…to which I’d state one thing unequivocally…
If we wanted to be a Have Not Province…like you are…we’ll come and ask you for your advice.
Until then…
I’ll hold my Alberta Flag Higher than my Canadian…
And be proud today, of having the only Premier in the country of Canada, worthy of any praise today!
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