Calgary officer shot twice with rifle in stable condition in hospital
A Calgary police officer was in hospital Tuesday after being shot by an armed suspect in the city’s northeast.
Police said the male officer was stable and a lone suspect was found dead, but few details of what occurred were released.
A long line of police cars, including a large armoured SUV used by the tactical unit, rumbled out of the residential neighbourhood of Abbeydale by mid-afternoon.
“I can tell you ... we’re very lucky today because he took two rifle rounds, but he’s in stable condition,” said Les Kaminski, president of the Calgary Police Association.
“So far, so good.” Kaminski said he could not reveal the officer’s identity. Local media say the officer is a fiveyear member of the Calgary Police Service.
“I’ve talked to the parents and they would prefer his name not be released.”
He said the shooting is a reminder of what police face on a daily basis.
“This is what the work entails — dangerous people that we have to deal with that the rest of society don’t want to deal with.”
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, which investigates police conduct, said it was reviewing the shooting.
“No further information is available at this time,” it posted on Twitter.
Police initially called it an “active situation” involving a firearm and advised people in the neighbourhood to stay in their homes. That order was lifted later in the day.
Police chief Roger Chaffin said the incident began after a robbery and attempted car jacking in Abbeydale, the Calgary Sun reported. Police flooded the area and received reports of the same man breaking into a home.
Chaffin said officers then confronted a man that was between houses and the man opened fire.
Chaffin said the suspect was later found dead in a burned garage.