The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating after a Calgary Police Service (CPS) officer shot and killed a woman in the city’s southeast on Wednesday. At 1:30 a.m., police were called to a home in the 200 block of Legacy Circle S.E. Officials say the call was for a welfare check and about an hour later, the woman exited the home carrying a weapon. CPS said the situation escalated and an officer opened fire, striking the woman. She was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman who lives in the area told CTV News she and her partner were woken up by what sounded like gunshots. “We saw some police officers around. It looked like it was pretty intense,” said Carisa Collins. Police later went around to a number of homes, including hers, and told everyone to get outside. “When we got outside we could smell gasoline or propane, so it sounds like there could have been a potential gas leak or something,” Collins said. They were later allowed to go back home and police haven’t said anything since, she added. Incident ruptured gas meter Another man, Jeremy Siemens, was woken up at about 3 a.m. by police who told him there was a gas leak in the area. “We all gathered on the street, waiting for a bus to come, then they said we were allowed back in,” he told CTV News. He spotted one of his neighbours who wasn’t going back inside, so Siemens asked him why. “He said there was a lady lying on the ground all full of blood,” he said. He called the situation “terrible,” especially for his niece who lives on the main floor of his home. “She has five kids, including babies, so it’s not what you think could happen.” CPS said a gas meter was ruptured during the incident, causing a leak, but wouldn’t say how it occurred. Siemens didn’t know who lived at the home, but said there was a woman who lived alone in the basement. He also remembered seeing police at the home for a few hours one afternoon last week. “They were hanging out on the lawn for a while.” Nate Nickel, who also lives in Legacy, says the police activity isn’t uncommon for the area. “I’ve seen police, ambulances, showing up a few times. Fire (crews) coming up and down this road.” He said he knew about the police call Siemens mentioned, saying it was possibly a mental health call. When told that a person died Wednesday morningl, Collins said she hopes everyone else is OK. “The police, I’m sure, were doing their jobs (and) were trying to handle the situation the best they could.” 2 officers hurt Two police officers were hurt in the incident, CPS said, but both are expected to recover. Anyone with details about the incident is asked to call the non-emergency line at 403-266-1234. No further information will be released ahead of the ASIRT investigation.
