[jayswin]

Just breaking now, from that shooting at a cube van on memorial two years ago.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...585785?cmp=rss

A Calgary police officer has been charged with murder following a 2023 police shooting that left two men dead.

Const. Craig Stothard faces two charges of second-degree murder stemming from a shooting that took place on May 29, 2023.

The evidence gathered during ASIRT's investigation provided reasonable grounds to believe that offences had been committed, a release said.

ASIRT's findings were forwarded to the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service which determined the evidence met its standard for taking the case to trial.

According to Stothard's lawyer Don MacLeod, the officer "maintains his innocence and he intends to mount a full and vigorous defence."

The incident took place along Memorial Drive, a major road through inner-city Calgary.

On May 29, 2023, just after 10:00 a.m., a security guard reported three "suspicious and impaired individuals" on a private property, according to Calgary police at the time.

The three men fled in a stolen five-ton cube van that was then reportedly being driven in an erratic and dangerous manner along westbound Memorial Drive.

Officers followed the slow-moving vehicle as it continued swerving along the road. Police vehicles were placed in strategic locations to make sure the van didn't get into the heavily populated downtown.

A number of attempts were made to contain the van, but because of its size, it broke through the containment.