Alberta’s police watchdog is continuing to investigate a police shooting in the city’s southwest last month.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) began investigating after a man was shot by a Calgary officer in the southwest community of Yorkville on Aug. 18.

ASIRT days, Calgary police got a 911 call from a woman around 1 p.m. who reported being attacked by a man at her home. She told police the man left the house and was getting on a bus.

About 15 minutes later, responding officers found the man on the bus. He got off the bus, and when police tried to arrest him, he pulled out a knife and threatened to harm himself.

One officer pulled out their gun, and another pulled out their conducted energy weapon (CEW), according to ASIRT.

When the suspect started to harm himself w

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