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The rare charge — an officer charged over a shooting

Original source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/edmonton-police-officer-charged-with-aggravated-assault-in-2024-shooting/ Retrieved: 2026-07-04 (CTV; retrieved via reader proxy r.jina.ai.)

Key facts

  • Sgt. Neil Thompson (EPS) charged with aggravated assault on Sept 4, 2025.
  • Incident: March 1, 2024 — police responded to a stabbing outside a west-Edmonton bar; located the suspect in a vehicle near 98A Ave & 178 St; during the stop Thompson "fired his gun at the man, causing non-life-threatening injuries."
  • ASIRT investigated and "determined there was reasonable grounds to believe that an offence had been committed."
  • Thompson released on an undertaking; first court appearance Oct 15 (2025); remained on duty in a non-operational role.

Corroborates the ASIRT charged-officers list (Thompson, 2025). Rare: one of the very few EPS shootings that produced any charge — and the wounding was non-fatal.