By The Canadian Press

Calgary

Officers used reasonable force in 2018 shooting incident: ASIRT

Aug 21, 2019 | 5:12 PM

CALGARY – A police watchdog has found that reasonable force was used during a shootout in Calgary that injured an officer before a suspected criminal killed himself.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says a 25-year-old man had been using methamphetamine before he robbed a gas station at gunpoint in March 2018.

ASIRT says he next attempted two carjackings and scared a young girl who was home alone when he banged on the door with a pipe.

Police tracked the suspect to a residential garage that was on fire and, when several shots came from the garage, three officers fired back.

One officer was seriously wounded when a bullet hit his arm and went through his chest.

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The agency says sporadic gunfire came from the burning garage for an hour before officers found a man dead inside from a self-inflicted shot to the head.