RCMP From Nearby B.C. Detachment Rushed to Scene of Fatal Officer Shooting, Court Hears

'Shoot me': No charges for RCMP in killing of Alberta boy who called 911 for help

By Aaron Sousa

Wetaskiwin officers who shot and killed teen cleared by ASIRT

Alberta’s police watchdog says the shooting of a 15-year-old boy last summer was tragic, but not criminal.

‘Shoot me’: No charges for RCMP in killing of Alberta boy who called 911 for help

Hoss Lightning, who was 15, died in August 2024 after telling a 911 dispatcher he was being followed by people trying to kill him.

Alberta RCMP officers won't be charged in fatal shooting of 15-year

An Alberta Serious Response Incident Team investigation says the officers shot at the teenager up to 17 times as he came toward them in a field, holding his arm up in a backpack so that it appeared he was pointing a gun.

Officers cleared in fatal shooting of 15-year-old Indigenous boy in Wetaskiwin last year

Police were justified in the fatal 2024 shooting of a 15-year-old Indigenous boy in Wetaskiwin because he intimated he was pointing a gun at one of the officers, according to Alberta’s police watchdog. Hoss Lightning, who is not named in Thursday’s report by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), was shot and killed by […]

Police watchdog clears RCMP officers who shot, killed Alberta teen in Wetaskiwin

Two Wetaskiwin RCMP officers who fatally shot a teenage boy after he called 911 and then pretended to have a gun won't be charged, Alberta's police watchdog has determined.