Mother of Calgary man killed by police calls for justice
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The mother of a Calgary man shot and killed by police earlier this year arrived in the city from Sudan on Saturday as calls for justice grow louder.
The mother of a Calgary man shot and killed by police earlier this year arrived in the city from Sudan on Saturday as calls for justice grow louder.
Latjor Tuel, 41, was shot by Calgary police on Feb. 19in the 4500 block of 17 Avenue S.E. after officers responded to a weapons complaint.
“Latjor was in need of help, not a bullet to his head or his chest,” said Tuel’s mother Rebecca Aker Akol who laid flowers at the scene of where her son was shot.
Tuel was a child soldier who grew up in Sudan and moved to Calgary in 2000 to start a better life for himself.
Akol had not seen her son for nearly two decades but knew he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and never imagined their final visit would eventually take place at a Calgary cemetery.
“My children need this closure, I want to touch his grave, I want to touch his body, I came to seek accountability,” she said.
“I demand justice for Latjor. I want to know who killed him. I want to know why.”
