The man shot and killed by a police officer at a traffic stop in southwest Edmonton Thursday has been identified as Vitaly Savin, sources tell CBC News. An employee of an Edmonton home construction company where he had worked, confirmed he worked there as a subcontractor. On his Facebook page, Savin, 55, is still connected to family and friends in Russia. An officer-involved shooting Thursday in southwest Edmonton is under investigation by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team. (Phil Laplante/CBC)Witnesses to the shooting in southwest Edmonton Thursday have told police the driver came at the officer with a knife, sources told CBC.

Source: CBC News March 10, 2017 20:46 UTC