{"id":407898,"date":"2026-01-14T04:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407898\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T04:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:40:09","slug":"woman-lured-to-edgemont-residence-fought-off-attacker-in-self-defence-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407898\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman \u2018lured\u2019 to Edgemont residence, fought off attacker in \u2018self-defence\u2019: police"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A woman is recovering after an altercation with a man in Calgary\u2019s northwest that resulted in his death in what police are calling \u201cthe most clear-cut case of self-defence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police believe the man, 48-year-old Shahbaz Ahmed, lured the woman in her 30s to the residence in the community of Edgemont under a false pretence of a property showing on Jan. 9.<\/p>\n

The woman was at the residence with her father, according to acting staff sergeant Scott Guterson with Calgary Police Service\u2019s homicide unit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the tour, the father and daughter were inadvertently separated in the large house when Ahmed began attacking the woman unprovoked, according to Guterson.<\/p>\n

The woman fought off the attacker and was able to escape the home and get the attention of neighbours, who called 911, according to police.<\/p>\n

Upon arriving on scene, police found Ahmed in medical distress and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman sustained injuries and was transported to hospital in stable condition. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe did everything right,\u201d Guterson said. \u201cThis is a great example of someone who is completely innocent and had to suffer a very traumatic incident at the hands of a perpetrator.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ActingScott Guterson with Calgary Police Service\u2019s homicide unit says the woman did “everything right,” including having her father in the house for the property showing. (Rebecca Kelly\/CBC)<\/p>\n

As an investigation has determined that the woman was acting in self-defence, Ahmed\u2019s death has been deemed a non-culpable homicide and no charges will be laid in the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAn incident of this nature is extremely rare and deeply unsettling for the victim, her family and all Calgarians,\u201d Guterson said. \u201cThe victim\u2019s actions undoubtedly saved her life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The man was known to police, Guterson confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last year, Ahmed faced two sets of criminal charges including two counts of assault with a weapon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Court records show he was acquitted on those charges, first in February and again in October.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ahmed was also acquitted on charges of possession of a weapon dangerous to the public, uttering threats and failing to comply with a release order.<\/p>\n

Police said there was some communication between Ahmed and the woman in the months prior about renting property, and the two were not involved in a domestic relationship.<\/p>\n

The woman\u2019s father witnessed the latter part of the attack, and was uninjured.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanadian law says we\u2019re allowed to protect ourselves. The citizen has the same rights to defending themselves as a police officer does,\u201d Guterson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think her actions, at the very least, saved her from much more serious injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guterson said the victim\u2019s family is looking after her and police teams have also been engaged to support her.<\/p>\n

An autopsy was completed on Jan. 13. More details of the attack are not being shared to respect the victim’s privacy, Guterson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-407898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}