EDMONTON – Edmonton police say a stabbing that happened late Friday night has been confirmed as the city’s 16th homicide of the year.
Around 11 p.m. on Friday, police responded to reports of a man with stab wounds in the area of 105 Avenue and 98 Street.
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Officers and paramedics found an unconscious, unresponsive man in an empty lot.
Emery Robert Cardinal, 42, was taken to hospital but died of his injuries.
Police have charged 36-year-old Jeremy Edward Bemis with second-degree murder and possession of a weapon.
An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.
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