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Watchdog agency called in after Regina police officer fatally shoots someone Friday morning

The Regina Police Service (RPS) says one of its officers shot someone dead in the city Friday morning.

Police have not released name, gender or age of the person killed

Alex Kozroski · CBC News ·
A police officer behind yellow police tape next to a black tent covering the scene of a fatal police shooting.
An officer works in the alley between Athol and Garnet streets in Regina, where police shot and killed an unnamed individual on July 18, 2025. (Katie Swyers/ CBC)

The Regina Police Service (RPS) says one of its officers shot someone dead in the city Friday morning.

RPS said in a news release that it happened just after 10 a.m. CST on the 1300 block of Garnet Street. That's a block west of the Albert Community School.

The shooting happened during an investigation, according to the news release, but police didn't release any information about the identity of the person killed or any details of the events leading up to the fatal shooting.

Officers cordoned off an alley between Athol and Garnet streets Friday. The victim was in the backyard of a home when the shooting happened.

RPS have called in Saskatchewan's Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), the province's independent police watchdog agency, to investigate. SIRT investigates incidents where people are hurt or killed during interactions with police.

RPS said it won't be providing any more information on the fatal shooting and directed all further questions to SIRT.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alex Kozroski

Alex Kozroski is a reporter with CBC News in Regina. He has also worked as a reporter for Golden West Broadcasting in Swift Current, Sask.

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