Family of man killed by officer demand accountability from Edmonton police
CBC
The family of a man killed by a police officer want the Edmonton Police Service to be held accountable for the shooting and its aftermath.
Mathios Arkangelo, 28, was fatally shot on a residential street in the Fraser neighbourhood in northeast Edmonton on the night of June 29. Police say a man matching his description had left the scene of a single-vehicle rollover on the nearby Anthony Henday Drive.
The province's police watchdog, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), is investigating the shooting.
Arkangelo's brother and mother spoke to media Tuesday morning at a news conference in the neighbourhood arranged by Tom Engel, a lawyer who is working with the family.
Anna Odo said she and her son were close, sharing similar interests in singing and exercise.
She said Arkangelo had called her minutes before his death to say he loved her. She said she came to Canada from South Sudan for a better life but now lives in fear of police.
"If something happens to me, who should I call?" Odo said. "I have fear now, I can't sleep at night. I see the police car, I run inside and lie down."
Odo wants to know why her son was killed when she says it appears like he had surrendered.
Security footage obtained by CBC News shows Arkangelo's hands were raised when he was shot. He held an object in one hand, which family believes was a utility knife that he carried all the time and used for work around the yard.
News releases from EPS and ASIRT did not mention a weapon being found at the scene.
Odo said there was a long delay before she knew what had happened to her son. An officer had apparently called the house around the time of the shooting to say Arkangelo had been in a vehicle collision, but provided few details.
Two officers arrived at her home about seven hours later to tell her he had died, she said.
Odo said she is also dismayed at what police did in the minutes after her son was shot.
Camera footage provided to CBC News shows that more than two minutes go by after the shooting before police officers approach with guns drawn.
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