Edmonton police won’t be charged in shooting death of man who pointed gun at shopper
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EDMONTON – Alberta’s police watchdog says charges won’t be laid after an officer killed a man aiming a fake gun at a woman while she was shopping.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says Edmonton police were called in July 2024 about a man following a group of people on Whyte Avenue, a trendy street with stores and restaurants.
It says the man held a handgun against the head of one woman, who tried to hide behind her shopping cart.
The agency says responding officers demanded the man drop the gun, but he refused and walked toward police with the barrel of the firearm raised.
One officer fired his carbine, and a single round went through the man’s pelvis and he died.
Acting executive director Matthew Block says the man posed a threat to those around him, even though officers later discovered his gun was an imitation Magnum revolver.
“The (officer)’s use of force was proportionate, necessary and reasonable. As a result, there are no reasonable grounds to believe that an offence was committed,” Block said in a report released Wednesday.
The report says an autopsy showed the man had ingested methamphetamine and alcohol sometime before the shooting.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 18, 2026.