Officer acted lawfully: ASIRT

MA-ME-OH BEACH, Alta. — The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has determined that an RCMP officer who shot and killed a man while conducting an impaired-driving investigation acted properly in the execution of his duties. On Aug. 3, 2013, the officer stopped the driver of a vehicle with three passengers near Ma-Me-Oh Beach, the Alberta RCMP said in a media release, adding that one passenger was also shot and wounded. ASIRT said that the officer’s use of force in self-defence had been reasonable and justified. The affected officer has been on duty at the RCMP’s Wetaskiwin detachment since the incident.

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