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CBC
4 hours ago
- CBC
Plainclothes officer investigating homicide fatally shot man in Regina: police watchdog
The Regina police officer who shot and killed a 29-year-old man in Regina's North Central neighbourhood on Friday was in plain clothes, according to an interim report by the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT). SIRT is an independent civilian-led unit responsible for investigating incidents where people are hurt or killed during interactions with police in Saskatchewan. The agency released new details of the fatal shooting on Tuesday. The Regina Police Service (RPS) had previously released no details about the victim. According to SIRT, the man who police killed was wanted in connection with a homicide investigation. Plainclothes officers were working on that investigation in the area on the morning of the fatal shooting. SIRT's report said two officers spotted the man on a bike, before confronting him in an alley between Athol and Garnet streets, near Buffalo Meadows Park, at 10:12 a.m. CST. Both officers exited unmarked police vehicles and had a verbal confrontation with the man, issuing "verbal commands," the report said. "One plainclothes member of RPS discharged at single round from a service pistol," SIRT said. The bullet hit the man, the report said. The officers called EMS, which arrived at 10:17 a.m. and pronounced the 29-year-old dead at 10:19 a.m. RPS reported the incident to SIRT at approximately 10:30 a.m. Once SIRT investigators arrived on the scene, a "replica firearm" was recovered and "has been seized as an exhibit" in the on-going investigation. SIRT will release a full report within 90 days of the investigation ending. The agency is asking anyone who may have witnessed the fatal shooting or have video of it to contact them. The original homicide investigation will remain with RPS.
CTV News
5 hours ago
- CTV News
Regional authority announces review of Nunavik police after third fatal shooting
The logo of the Nunavik Police Service is shown. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Nunavik Police Service (Mandatory Credit) MONTREAL — A regional authority in northern Quebec has launched a review into the Nunavik Police Service after the third fatal police-involved shooting in eight months. The Kativik Regional Government says three deadly incidents since November 2024 is 'three too many.' The authority says it is overseeing an audit of policing practices and policies to ensure community members can feel safe. The KRG says it will consult with local leaders as well as work on a plan to end a rotational system for police management that sees them fly in and out of the communities where they work. The most recent death happened last week when officers allegedly shot and killed a person in Inukjuak while responding to a call about a possible forcible confinement. A news release by the Quebec's police watchdog said a person at the home allegedly approached the officers with a knife. The KRG has extended condolences to the victim's family and says it is working with local authorities to co-ordinate grief and trauma counselling. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 22, 2025. By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press
Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
Corpus Christi police officer fatally shoots man while responding to assault call
A struggle between a Corpus Christi police officer and a man accused of family violence ended in the officer fatally shooting the man at a Southside residence on July 14. The shooting happened shortly before 6 p.m. as the officer was responding to a call of assault with a weapon at a home in the 7900 block of Elk Street, according to Corpus Christi Police Chief Mike Markle. The call turned out to be a case of continued family violence, he said. When the officer arrived at the residence and met the man, a fight immediately began and spilled out into the front yard, Markle said. As they were fighting, the man got into a vehicle and tried to "back over the officer," who was in the door jamb trying to pull him out, Markle said. The officer then shot his gun at the man, he said. No other officers discharged their weapons. A news release written by senior officer Travis Pace said the officer attempted several times to use "non-lethal force," but the man continued to fight with the officer. After firing his weapon, the officer immediately began to administer first aid, Pace said. Medics took the suspect to a local hospital, where a justice of the peace pronounced him deceased. Police closed down both streets and cordoned off the area of the crime scene as they investigated. Pace confirmed that the victim of the family violence incident was unharmed. The officer who shot the man will be placed on administrative leave according to departmental policy as the investigation continues. More: Man arrested after exchanging fire with Corpus Christi police officer This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: Corpus Christi police officer fatally shoots man after assault call
CBC
2 days ago
- CBC
Inquest begins into 2022 fatal police shooting of La Loche, Sask., man in Saskatoon
Saskatoon police knew all about Ronnie Glen Herman when they began chasing him through yards in the city's Mayfair neighbourhood late on a Thursday afternoon in October 2022. Nine months earlier, police shot the 36-year-old from La Loche, Sask., in the arm, when he rushed police outside a house on Avenue L South in Saskatoon armed with a machete and replica handgun. Two years earlier, in 2021, Herman was the subject of an RCMP alert in La Loche, just over 500 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon, wanted for assault, assault with a weapon, forcible confinement and failure to comply with probation. And, in 2009, when he was 22, Herman pleaded guilty to manslaughter for his role in the beating death of a teen in a parking lot in La Loche. On Monday, a coroner's inquest at Court of King's Bench will begin deconstructing the sequence of events that led to Herman's fatal shooting by Saskatoon police. "The guns and gangs unit became aware that a 36-year-old male, who was wanted by La Loche RCMP, was in the 1300 block of Avenue E North and was armed with a gun," police Chief Troy Cooper wrote in a statement the following day. "The male was in breach of release conditions and had removed his electronic monitoring device." People living in the houses near where Herman died say dozens of plainclothes and uniformed police with guns drawn converged on a two-storey house across from the Mayfair elementary school around 5:45 p.m. on Oct. 27, 2022. Witnesses say police ran through yards and jumped fences and decks, squaring off with Herman both inside and outside the corner house. The neighbours heard shouting and the sound of multiple gunshots. Police said in a news release that they confronted a suspect in the home before police fatally shot him. No police or bystanders were hurt. The established neighbourhood was busy at the time of the shooting — parent-teacher interviews had just started at the school and kids were out in the playground. The inquest will feature 18 witnesses, including a paramedic, a registered nurse, a pathologist, two civilians and 14 police. Timothy Hawryluk will be the presiding coroner.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Escambia Deputy Jeremy Cassady, shot during hostage call, dies of cancer 15 years later
An Escambia County Sheriff's deputy who was shot and injured while responding to a domestic violence call of a woman being held hostage by her boyfriend in Pensacola in 2010, has died from cancer that his family says was a result of the incident. Jeremy Cassady, 50, 'passed very peacefully at home with family' in Milton on Tuesday night, July 15. His sister, Dana Cassady, said he died of oral throat cancer that was related to the anti-rejection drugs he took after he had a kidney/pancrease transplant a year after the shooting. 'He has been through a lot the last 15 years, a kidney transplant, and the kidney stopped working about six years ago and had to come out,' Dana said. 'He and his wife did dialysis at home every morning and he went on about his day as normal people would, but he was tired of fighting on this one. There was no winning it.' Cassady was seriously injured while responding to a home invasion at Jacqueline Rosenbloom's house on Baywind Circle on Oct. 29, 2010. He was one of three deputies shot by Rosenbloom's ex-boyfriend Philip Monier, who allegedly broke into the home to confront her and demand the return of a ring he had given her. Rosenbloom called 911 and the deputies who responded were reportedly told that Philip Monier had forced his way into the home, kicked down Rosenbloom's bedroom door and was holding her hostage armed with a gun. Gunfire was exchanged during the incident. Several deputies were shot along with Rosenbloom, who was shot five times by deputies and later reached a $975,000 settlement with the Escambia County Sheriff's Office. Monier was not shot and eventually surrendered. He was later convicted of multiple counts of attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison. Cassady's injuries were severe enough to force his medical retirement, according to the Sheriff's Office. 'In that domestic violence situation, bullets went through his vest, like through where the vest had velcroed and couldn't come out,' Dana said. 'They really did a lot of damage internally.' Cassady's sister says he loved being a police officer, like their father, Henry Cassady, who was a highly decorated officer with the Pensacola Police Department and died a year and a half ago. The family says Jeremy lived a 'pretty normal life' on his property in Milton where he had cows and enjoyed the rural life with his wife and family, until he was diagnosed with cancer that would eventually take his life. Officer involved shooting: ECSO: Deputy shoots armed man while investigating gunshots near 850 Fusion Bar They were especially touched by the deputies who visited them after he passed on Tuesday night. 'Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Cassady Family on the loss of retired Deputy Jeremy Cassady,' Escambia Sheriff Chip Simmons said. 'I have been friends with the Cassady Family for many years. Jeremy and his dad Henry provided decades of service to our community.' Dana said her brother will be remembered as a funny, gregarious guy with a heart of gold who 'lived life to the fullest' and was 'extremely brave through these battles.' They are currently planning for his funeral. This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Escambia Deputy Jeremy Cassady shot during hostage call dies of cancer
