The Canada Brief

Canada · 18 d ago

Edmonton police cars

Mack Male from Edmonton, AB, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Man shot dead outside an Edmonton trades college

Alberta Pipe Trades College

Northwest Edmonton, Alberta

Police were called to the Alberta Pipe Trades College in northwest Edmonton at about 8:30 a.m. Friday. Officers found a man with life-threatening injuries, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses said a person in a grey sedan pulled into the parking lot, got out and opened fire. Students said they saw a car leave at high speed, and classrooms were locked down.

What we know

  • The homicide section leads the investigation
  • RCMP ran an operation on Highway 16 in Parkland County

Not yet

  • Who fired the shots
  • Whether the two scenes are linked

The homicide section has taken over the case. Edmonton police and the RCMP are working to determine whether a police operation on Highway 16 in Parkland County, about 37 km west, is related.