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A man police once branded as a “high risk” and “prolific” car thief has been identified as the driver fatally shot by police in northwest Calgary this week — but his family says he didn’t deserve to die this way.

Terrence Weinmeyer, 49, died in hospital after he was shot in a crowded strip mall parking lot in the 5000 block of 16th Avenue N.W. on Tuesday afternoon.

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According to the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, which is investigating the shooting, police officers tried to apprehend a man seen driving a stolen blue Dodge pickup truck.

The vehicle had been driven into the parking lot, where the driver got out and went into a nearby business.

While police vehicles were being positioned to box in the stolen vehicle, the man came out of the business, got back in the truck and rammed two police cars, ASIRT said.

“During their attempts to contain the man and the vehicle, two officers fired their service weapons,” said ASIRT, a civilian oversight body that investigates incidents involving police that have resulted in serious injury or death.