Calgary police officer charged with two counts of second-degree murder

A Calgary police officer has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder after the occupants of a van were shot dead following a slow-speed pursuit in 2023. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, also known as ASIRT, announced the charges in a news release Tuesday. Calgary police, in a statement, said the officer charged is on leave from the service. The shooting took place on the morning of May 29, 2023, after police were called to a report of suspicious persons on private property, who then fled the scene in a stolen cube van. Police said at the time that additional calls were then received about the white cube van driving erratically on Memorial Drive. Video of the chase shows the van being followed by a number of police…

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