{"id":925837,"date":"2026-10-08T23:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T23:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925837\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T23:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T23:14:16","slug":"asirt-probing-after-man-54-dies-during-arrest-in-northwest-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925837\/","title":{"rendered":"ASIRT probing after man, 54, dies during arrest in northwest Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alberta\u2019s police watchdog is investigating after a 54-year-old man died during a police intervention in northwest Edmonton last month.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton police (EPS) responded to a 911 calls around 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 16, reporting a man acting erratically near Rapperswill Drive and 173a Avenue. The man was allegedly trying to enter homes and damage vehicles. <\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, a police officer ordered the man to get on the ground and handcuffed him. Bystanders reportedly helped the officer hold the man\u2019s legs when he struggled on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, the man reportedly went unconscious. CPR was performed by an off-duty nurse before he was taken to hospital in serious condition.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics took the 54-year-old man to hospital in serious condition and he died three days later.<\/p>\n<p>Alberta Serious Incident Response Team  (ASIRT) assumed the investigation as it does in cases where a police officer\u2019s action may have resulted in serious injury or death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton 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=edmonton.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\/10\/1791501256_51_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":"Alberta\u2019s police watchdog is investigating after a 54-year-old man died during a police intervention in northwest Edmonton last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-925837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925837","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=925837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}