The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) on Thursday released its report on the Aug. 30, 2024, death of 15-year-old Hoss Lightning.

Alberta’s police watchdog has found the pair of RCMP officers who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager in Wetaskiwin did not commit a criminal offence.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) on Thursday released its report on the Aug. 30, 2024, death of 15-year-old Hoss Lightning .

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In a 27-page report, ASIRT’s acting executive director, Matthew Block, reviewed the evidence and concluded the officers who shot Lightning believed he was pointing a gun at them from inside a backpack.

“While these events are tragic, that does not make them criminal,” Block wrote. “Based on the evidence collected in a comprehensive in

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