Winnipeg officer fatally shoots man armed with edged

Winnipeg police say a 42-year-old man allegedly armed with an edged weapon was fatally shot by an officer outside his home in the Lindenwoods neighbourhood Monday night. Manitoba’s police watchdog, the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU), has been tasked with investigating. Winnipeg police say the man had locked himself in his home, locking his [...] The post Winnipeg officer fatally shoots man armed with edged weapon, ‘behaving erratically’: WPS appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg .

Winnipeg police say a 42-year-old man allegedly armed with an edged weapon was fatally shot by an officer outside his home in the Lindenwoods neighbourhood Monday night. Manitoba’s police watchdog, the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU), has been tasked with investigating. Winnipeg police say the man had locked himself in his home, locking his brother out of the home in the process, and was “behaving erratically.”

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