The morning after a 30-hour armed standoff ended with one man dead, several Calgary residents of the Pembrooke Meadows neighbourhood that was forced to shelter in place said that while they were shocked by the incident, they believe Calgary police handled it properly. At 8:30 p.m. Friday., after 29 hours during which time police say over 100 shots were fired as officers attempted to serve a warrant, officers shot and killed the suspect."It was scary," said Vicki Belhumeur.
"The first few hours were intense for all of us, all the neighbours, we were wondering what was going on. Nobody would tell us. "You never know who your neighbours are," she added."And this world is getting to be a terrible place. It's not fun here in Calgary. I've lived here my whole life -- I'm 41 -- and I've just never seen it this bad. For this to happen down the street, you never kno
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