A 27-year-old man was shot and killed by Saskatoon Police after what is being described as a “confrontation”
A Saskatoon Police Service news release says officers were called to Avenue V South and 20th Street West following a report of an armed man in the area around 10:40am.
Officers located the man in the 200 block of Avenue S South. There was a confrontation with police and that is when officers discharged their service-issued firearms, according to the news release.
The man was declared dead at the scene by paramedics.
The shooting is being investigated by the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT). It handles investigations when police are involved in incidents where a person is seriously injured or killed by an officer.
