US EditionAmerican shot at by Alberta RCMP had entered Canada illegally: ASIRT
ASIRT said the officer used reasonable force after the suspect led police on a chase that reached 140 km/h and ended with a self-inflicted fatal shot.
- On Wednesday, The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team ruled an RCMP officer's use of force during a February 2025 pursuit in Coutts, Alberta, was reasonable, warranting no criminal charges.
- The incident began Feb. 4, 2025, when the American suspect fled a border security screening at Coutts, triggering a high-speed pursuit reaching 150 km/h with dangerous driving maneuvers on Alberta highways.
- An autopsy determined the individual died by self-inflicted gunshot, not the officer's weapon, while toxicology reports showed he had ingested alcohol, cocaine, MDMA, ketamine, and LSD prior to death.
- Acting executive director Matthew Block stated officers "need not wait to see if the person will shoot before acting," citing the individual's documented paranoid-schizophrenia-like behaviour and delusions.
- After the suspect's vehicle entered a ditch at 9:38 a.m., he fled on foot while ignoring police commands to "get on the ground," shooting himself as a police service dog engaged his arm.
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Alberta RCMP officer used reasonable force when shooting American who drove illegally into Canada: investigators
An RCMP officer’s decision to shoot at an American citizen who fled a border security screening and drove into Canada illegally in February of last year has been deemed a reasonable and appropriate use of force by the province’s serious incident response team. The American did not die from being shot at by the officer. Instead he shot himself in the head following a car and on-foot chase by RCMP officers on Feb. 4, according to a document detai…
The Record
The Hamilton SpectatorRCMP shooting after high-speed chase at Canada-U.S. border ‘necessary and reasonable’
CALGARY - Alberta's police watchdog says there will be no charges after the death of an American man following a dangerous high-speed pursuit at the Canada-U.S. border crossing at Coutts, Alta., last year.
Winnipeg Free Press
RCMP shooting after high-speed chase at Canada-U.S. border 'necessary and reasonable'
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US suspect who crossed into Canada dies by suicide after police fire during chase; officer found not at fault - The Canadian Media
IBNS-CMEDIA: An investigation by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has cleared a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who fired a shot during a high-speed pursuit of an armed suspect near the Canada-U.S. border in February 2025. The incident began on Feb. 4, 2025, when a U.S. citizen fled a secondary inspection at the Coutts Border Crossing and drove into Canada, triggering a police response. Authorities later learned the man faced cha…
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