A 15-year-old Indigenous boy killed by RCMP in Wetaskiwin, Alta., last week handed a machete and a knife over to police and had run into a field before officers opened fire, Alberta’s policing watchdog said Thursday.

In a statement, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) provided new details on the final moments leading to the death of Hoss Lightning from Samson Cree Nation.

Lightning died last Friday. According to RCMP, the teen called 911 and told a dispatcher he was being followed by people trying to kill him.

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    4 months ago

    That’s interesting if it’s an older convention. I don’t normally read Alberta-focused literature, so it comes up for me a lot less.

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      4 months ago

      I’m in my mid 60’s … so back when I was growing up in Saskabush, in the pre-postal code era, almost every province was shortened to the first few letters of its name, ie: Alta, Sask, Man, Nfld, etc.

      After the introduction of postal codes it changed to the two letter designation.

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        4 months ago

        I’m familiar with the others, but the Alberta one stands out the most to me as odd. Still fascinating though.