{"id":812246,"date":"2026-07-19T14:01:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T14:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/812246\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T14:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T14:01:56","slug":"man-died-after-collapsing-during-arrest-in-se-calgary-asirt-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/812246\/","title":{"rendered":"Man died after collapsing during arrest in SE Calgary, ASIRT says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man died over the weekend after collapsing <a href=\"https:\/\/calgary.citynews.ca\/2026\/07\/12\/man-dies-while-in-police-custody-in-se-calgary-asirt-investigating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">during an arrest in southeast Calgary<\/a>, according to Alberta\u2019s police watchdog.<\/p>\n<p>The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) says police were called to a home in the Abbeydale community around 9 p.m. on Saturday for reports of a man entering yards and acting erratically.<\/p>\n<p>Police were told the same man had gone into a home in the area around 9:30 p.m. and tried to stab someone inside. Officers found a man the man a few minutes later elsewhere in the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>ASIRT says police used a conducted\u2011energy weapon while attempting to arrest the suspect. He fell into a narrow space between a garage and a fence before officers were able to take him into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Police moved the man into a nearby yard to assess him.<\/p>\n<p>The man was conscious, speaking, and briefly resisted handcuffs, according to ASIRT. He became unresponsive a short time later.<\/p>\n<p>Officers gave the man CPR until paramedics arrived and took him to hospital. He was pronounced dead a short time later.<\/p>\n<p>ASIRT has taken over investigation of the incident and is looking to the police use of force and circumstances surrounding the man\u2019s death. <\/p>\n<p>The police watchdog looks into any cases involving serious injury or death, or significant concerns about an officer\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0f880964279654db3ef99adf4740b6be5d6d81683f27f3ed4d90c0887cfc9669-1024x714.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" ratio=\"16x9\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThe shoulder patch of a Calgary Police Service officer is pictured in Calgary, Alta., Friday, July 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jeff McIntosh  <\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784110070_915_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man died over the weekend after collapsing during an arrest in southeast Calgary, according to Alberta\u2019s police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-812246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812246","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=812246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}