Residents of a home in the 12100 block of Coventry Hills Way NE called police just before 10 p.m. saying a man with a gun was in their yard trying to break into their home. Police say the family had taken refuge inside as officers were dispatched. According to Calgary Police Service officials, officers located the armed man and attempted to de-escalate the situation. Two CPS members fired at the man, hitting him. Officers treated the man until EMS arrived. The injured was taken to hospital where his condition is not life threatening. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating the police shooting. No officers were injured. Neighbors believe the man may not have targeted the home with plans to rob it, as it appeared through his actions that he was trying to get away from someone. Devin Wright, who lives near the scene of the shooting, was in bed watching TV when he heard a knock on his door. When he went downstairs, he found no one on his doorstep, so he checked the surveillance camera footage. “I saw the guy come to the door and it looks like he was hiding or running or something. Something was not right it looked like,” Wright told CTV News. “And then as I was watching the videos and stuff, we heard some gunshots and then we looked out the window and there was a patrol car. And then there was a bunch of police cars and then an ambulance and then it looked like they were taking him in the ambulance.” The video shows a man running down the street, hiding behind parked vehicles and running up to the front doors of several houses where he appears to be frantically ringing doorbells, all while trying to avoid being seen from the street.
