Investigations continue after Calgary police officers shot dead a man in the southeastern neighborhood. Witnesses remember how the situation unfolded.
"I went home last night and sat down and heard five gunshots," said Fred Smith, who was home from work at the time of the incident. "Then I went out and there were police everywhere."
By Saturday afternoon, all that was left on the scene was a police tape and 35 Street S.E.'s blood. It was only the road. At Radisson Heights.
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Police Blocked around 10 pm called to 1500 Friday after receiving a report from a male inhabitant they were behaving irregularly with their weapons.
Marie Ball was on her back deck when the police encountered the man and heard her screaming in front of her house.
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"Because it's a nosy neighbor When I saw around the corner, I saw the police standing or someone standing (on the street) and he was out, "Ball said.
"Then I saw flares from the gun, and then I heard a few more (shots), and I hit the floor of the house," she adds. I did.
In a Saturday morning announcement, police said the situation had "rapidly changing dynamics," which led police officers to "release their service weapons."
Lemaire Lemaire said he was watching TV when he heard five bullets through a basement window. He looked out and saw a policeman surrounding the man in his neighbor's pickup truck.
"When I saw the policeman handcuffed, I heard the man, so he wasn't dead," Lemaire heard when he rolled on his stomach. I imitated the growl. , "And I was like,'Okay, it was probably just shot with a taser or in the air.'"
I still don't know how many times the man was shot. , Police confirmed that the police had given the man first aid before he was taken to the hospital by EMS in a critical but stable condition.
Investigators stayed on-site throughout Saturday, including Alberta's police guard dog and Alberta's Incident Response Team (ASIRT).
