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Bullets Fly When Man Killed During Confrontation With Calgary Police In Huntington Hills Area

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 25 Jan, 2016 09:59 AM
    CALGARY — Surrounding houses and a transit bus were struck by bullets before police gunfire killed a man during a weekend confrontation in a  residential neighbourhood in Calgary.
     
    Police say officers surrounded a residence in the northwest Huntington Hills area late Sunday afternoon after getting word that shots had been fired indiscriminately from the home.
     
    The crew aboard a police helicopter used a bullhorn to warn area residents to stay in their homes and to take shelter in their basements.
     

     
    The man was killed by police after a standoff that lasted more than an hour, but no one else was hurt.
     
     
    Police say they had been called to the home in the past, but won’t say why.
     
     

    Officer involved shooting At approximately 4:40 p.m., today, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, we were called to the...

    Posted by Calgary Police Service on Sunday, 24 January 2016
    The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, which investigates police shootings, is involved in the investigation.
     
    Kevin Brennan, who lives near the house that was the focus of the shooting, said he was shocked by the violence.
     
    "You just don’t think it will happen. It's a lovely neighbourhood around here, we walk it all the time in the summer, there's always neighbours out, you just don't expect it to be around here," said Brennan.
     
    Police were expected Monday to release more details on the shooting.

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