Calgary police officer charged with two counts of second-degree murder

By Canadian Press on July 15, 2025.

CALGARY — A Calgary police officer has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder after the occupants of a van were shot dead following a slow speed pursuit in 2023.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team announced the charges in a news release.

The shooting took place on a May morning after police were called to a report of suspicious persons on private property, who then fled the scene in a stolen cube van.

Police said at the time that additional calls were then received about the van driving erratically on Memorial Drive.

The van was driving at a slow pace, and police said at the time that, in their words, “rapidly changing dynamics” led one officer to shoot the occupants of the van.

Const. Craig Stothard appeared in court today on the two counts and was released on bail with conditions.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 15, 2025.

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