Disciplinary action against two Calgary Police Service officers in the fatal shooting of a man in a northeast Calgary motel room ten years ago will be withdrawn.

The reasons cited in a letter to Anthony Heffernan’s family for dropping the allegations against the officers included the length of time that has passed since the incident and that the penalties would likely be too light.

“Our son was shot and killed,” Anthony’s mother Irene Heffernan told Global News. “It’s very, very serious.

Heffernan was 27 years old when he was fatally shot in a room at the Super 8 motel on Barlow Trail on March 16, 2015. Police were called to do a wellness check on a guest not responding to requests to leave.

Five officers responded to the scene, and indicated Heffernan was “potentially intoxicated or

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