CALGARY — A Calgary police officer has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder after the occupants of a van were shot dead following a slow speed pursuit in 2023.
CALGARY — A Calgary police officer has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder after the occupants of a van were shot dead following a slow speed pursuit in 2023.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, also known as ASIRT, announced the charges in a news release Tuesday.
The shooting took place on the morning of May 29, 2023 after police were called to a report of suspicious persons on private property, who then fled the scene in a stolen cube van.
Police said at the time that additional calls were then received about the van driving erratically on Memorial Drive.
The van was driving at a slow pace, and police said at the time that “rapidly changing dynamics” led one officer to shoot the occupants of the van.
“Two of the occupants were struck and later pronounced deceased,” said ASIRT in the news release.
The two victims in the case were identified by media after the shooting as Wesley Davidson, 46, and Levon Boyce Fox, 39. A third person in the van was uninjured and taken into custody.
Const. Craig Stothard was charged Monday. He appeared in court Tuesday on the two counts and was released on bail with conditions.
At the time of the shooting Stothard had 13 years of service with Calgary police.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 15, 2025.
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