Despite Hours of Negotiations, Armed Man Killed by Police in Eastend Calgary Standoff
Calgary Police and RCMP tactical team members keep watch on a house where shots were fired. Residents of an east-end Calgary neighbourhood were being told to stay away as a standoff stretched into its second day, in Calgary, Alta., March. 15, 2024. The Canadian Press/Dave Chidley
A 30-hour armed standoff with Calgary police that forced some residents of a southeast neighbourhood out of their homes came to an end on Friday night after officers shot a man dead.
Police had been stationed outside a home in the Penbrooke Meadows neighbourhood since Mar, 14 afternoon trying to negotiate with a man who had allegedly barricaded himself inside and was firing shots at officers.
