In her dimly-lit front room, Shelley Croston is unable to fight back tears as she holds a childhood photograph of her son Mitchell, who was killed by a Calgary police officer last week.
In the early morning on Feb. 14, police were called to a commercial building in the 3000 block of 2nd Avenue N.E. after reports of a break-and-enter, after which Mitchell Croston was shot and killed by a police officer."I truly believe Mitchell was looking for shelter and warmth in that vacant building. There was absolutely no need for this policeman to shoot with intention to kill my son." said Shelley Croston.
"He so very badly wanted to get better. He'd been struggling recently and desperately trying to get help," she said. When contacted for comment on Friday, a Calgary police spokesperson referred CTV to comments made by police chief Mark Neufeld on Feb. 14, in which he said:"I think in cases like that, you've got to look back and say, 'Were there possibilities or opportunities to be able to intervene or get somebody connected services and supports and if there was, how did that go?' Because I think there is an opportunity to try to prevent these things from happening.
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