CaberTosser
01-24-2016, 11:29 PM
There was a warning from CPS a couple of hours ago for residents of the Huntington Hills area to shelter in their basements due to a possible shooting incident, it seems the suspect took the suicide by cop exit option. The CBC seems to think that the CPS are using revolvers these days:thinking-006:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-multiple-shots-fired-huntington-hills-1.3417994
The suspect in a Calgary shooting incident has been shot and killed by police following a lengthy standoff that closed several blocks of a northwest community for hours Sunday evening, police confirmed in a release.
Several police units and a helicopter were involved after police received a report of gunfire at about 4:40 p.m. local time in the northwest section of Huntington Hills.
Police had cautioned residents near the 1000 block of 78th Avenue N.W. to take cover in their basements.
Dozens of officers were dispatched to the scene, Duty Insp. Peter Siegenthaler said at a news conference late Sunday evening.
Calgary police Duty Insp. Peter Siegenthaler said at a news conference late Sunday that it's a miracle no one else was injured in the armed standoff.
The suspect had discharged several rounds from his home, Siegenthaler said.
He said it was a "miracle" that no one else was hurt.
Police said the situation escalated to the point where police discharged a service revolver and the suspect was killed.
The suspect was known to police.
A resident who lives about 150 metres from the subject's house says it was a tense situation.
Kevin Brennan, his wife and their 14-month-old daughter live about 150 metres from where the armed standoff took place. He says he heard five shots. (Meghan Grant/CBC)
"It was scary," Kevin Brennan told CBC News.
"We are not from Canada and we are not used to gun violence, and everywhere we seem to move in Calgary somebody is getting shot or something crazy is going on."
Another resident says it was unsettling.
Ken Cooper has lived in the area about 10 years. He says it's typically a quiet area.
"It's a little too close to home," said Ken Cooper, who has lived in the community for about 10 years.
He says aside from the odd noise complaint, it's a quiet community.
"Police come up the street now and again, but very seldom do we get stuff like this happening,"
Cooper says he heard about half a dozen shots that he believes were from the police.
Brennan says he used to be a police officer in Ireland before moving to Canada.
"I heard five shots and it sounded to be from a pretty small calibre gun from where I was," he said.
He says he was out walking with his wife and 14-month-old daughter when an officer in an unmarked car told him to go home and stay inside in the basement.
"We have lived in four different places in Calgary," Brennan said. "And my wife just said once we leave here we are going home, we are not moving anywhere else [in Calgary]."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-multiple-shots-fired-huntington-hills-1.3417994
The suspect in a Calgary shooting incident has been shot and killed by police following a lengthy standoff that closed several blocks of a northwest community for hours Sunday evening, police confirmed in a release.
Several police units and a helicopter were involved after police received a report of gunfire at about 4:40 p.m. local time in the northwest section of Huntington Hills.
Police had cautioned residents near the 1000 block of 78th Avenue N.W. to take cover in their basements.
Dozens of officers were dispatched to the scene, Duty Insp. Peter Siegenthaler said at a news conference late Sunday evening.
Calgary police Duty Insp. Peter Siegenthaler said at a news conference late Sunday that it's a miracle no one else was injured in the armed standoff.
The suspect had discharged several rounds from his home, Siegenthaler said.
He said it was a "miracle" that no one else was hurt.
Police said the situation escalated to the point where police discharged a service revolver and the suspect was killed.
The suspect was known to police.
A resident who lives about 150 metres from the subject's house says it was a tense situation.
Kevin Brennan, his wife and their 14-month-old daughter live about 150 metres from where the armed standoff took place. He says he heard five shots. (Meghan Grant/CBC)
"It was scary," Kevin Brennan told CBC News.
"We are not from Canada and we are not used to gun violence, and everywhere we seem to move in Calgary somebody is getting shot or something crazy is going on."
Another resident says it was unsettling.
Ken Cooper has lived in the area about 10 years. He says it's typically a quiet area.
"It's a little too close to home," said Ken Cooper, who has lived in the community for about 10 years.
He says aside from the odd noise complaint, it's a quiet community.
"Police come up the street now and again, but very seldom do we get stuff like this happening,"
Cooper says he heard about half a dozen shots that he believes were from the police.
Brennan says he used to be a police officer in Ireland before moving to Canada.
"I heard five shots and it sounded to be from a pretty small calibre gun from where I was," he said.
He says he was out walking with his wife and 14-month-old daughter when an officer in an unmarked car told him to go home and stay inside in the basement.
"We have lived in four different places in Calgary," Brennan said. "And my wife just said once we leave here we are going home, we are not moving anywhere else [in Calgary]."