Former commissionaire charged after shots fired, Molotov cocktail thrown in Edmonton City Hall
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Bezhani Sarvar, 28, who allegedly fired a long gun and threw a Molotov cocktail inside Edmonton City Hall on Tuesday while wearing a security uniform is a former commissionaire.
Bezhani Sarvar, 28, who allegedly fired a long gun and threw a Molotov cocktail inside Edmonton City Hall on Tuesday while wearing a security uniform is a former commissionaire.
On Wednesday, the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires confirmed Sarvar worked as a commissionaire since 2019 at various locations in Edmonton, but was never assigned to city hall.
"Given the nature of this incident and the ongoing police investigation, we are not able to provide any further comment on this individual," Kristina Dembinski wrote in a news release.
Dembinski did not say if Sarvar's employment ended before or after Tuesday's incident.
In a Wednesday news release, the Edmonton Police Service said the shooter parked his vehicle in the city hall parkade at 10:18 a.m. and entered the building from the parkade.
"Once inside City Hall, he lit several handheld incendiary devices, believed to be Molotov cocktails, that caused one small fire outside an elevator. He then fired several rounds from a long gun into the ceiling, walls and windows," police wrote.
"The male then dropped the firearm on the floor and surrendered to a City Hall security commissionaire, who detained him until police arrived moments later."
