Gunman shooting Calgary police officer

Gunman shooting Calgary police officer
# 28 March 2018 01:29 (UTC +04:00)

A suspect who was barricaded in a garage after a police officer was shot in northeast Calgary is dead, police say, APA reports quoting Reuters.

Details were sparse, with police only saying the suspect was "located deceased."

There are no other suspects in the shooting at this time.


Sources told CBC News that the shooting inflicted multiple wounds, but the officer was in stable condition as of 1 p.m. MT. Calgary Police Chief Roger Chaffin was seen entering Foothills Medical Centre early in the afternoon.

The suspect was barricaded in a garage on the 100 block of Abingdon Way N.E. in the suburban neighbourhood of Abbeydale. The garage caught fire as the standoff played out.

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