ASIRT Clears Officers in 2021 Fatal Shooting at Fort McMurray Airport

ASIRT clears officers in 2021 fatal shooting at Fort McMurray airport

Alberta’s police watchdog has concluded a police officer had no choice but to shoot a man armed with a knife as he ran towards the Fort McMurray International Airport in 2021.

Alberta’s police watchdog clears RCMP officer in 2021 fatal airport shooting

No charges for RCMP officer in 2021 fatal airport shooting: ASIRT Alberta’s police watchdog has cleared an RCMP officer in the 2021 shooting death of a man armed with a knife outside the Fort McMurray International Airport. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) concluded that the officer’s use of lethal force was legally justified after multiple failed attempts to subdue the man with less lethal weapons. According to the ASIRT repor…