CALGARY - The head of an agency that investigates police says a veteran Calgary officer will not be charged in the shooting death nearly a year ago of a suspect at a car wash.
Travis Douglas Oakes was under surveillance for an ongoing investigation involving auto theft.
When police tried to arrest him by hemming him inside a washing bay, he tried four times to ram his way out.
A sergeant with 18 years of experience fired four shots at the windshield and hit Oakes three times.
Clifton Purvis of the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says he can't say whether the shooting was the best course of action.
But he's recommending that the officer should not be charged.