'People have got to be safe:' Manitoba premier responds to fatal police shooting
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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew offered condolences Monday to the families affected by two fatal police shootings in the province and spoke to the challenge faced by officers on the front lines.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew offered condolences Monday to the families affected by two fatal police shootings in the province and spoke to the challenge faced by officers on the front lines.
"I want to take the opportunity to thank police officers across this province who go to work and keep us safe each and every day," Kinew said while at the convention for the Association of Manitoba Municipalities.
The night before, a street standoff involving police left one man dead and an officer recovering from a stab wound to the throat.
Kinew told reporters no one wants to see a person die after an altercation with police but officers are often tasked with responding to high-risk situations.
"Police officers have a difficult job to do, that's at the best of times, so I support law enforcement," he said.
"When we're thinking about the holidays and people going to the malls and people going to the shopping areas around the province, people have got to be safe."
Police were called early Sunday evening to the Unicity shopping area in the city's far west about an officer who had been stabbed in the throat and a suspect who had been shot.
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