The suspect in the murders of a man, woman and teenage girl found in a rural Alberta home Sunday has been shot and taken to hospital, the RCMP said Tuesday.
“Our investigation led us to believe that one person was responsible and one person only,” said RCMP Supt. Gary Steinke.
“We responded to make a lawful, peaceful arrest and unfortunately that did not work out the way we wanted to,” he added.
RCMP officers said they went to an unspecified location Tuesday with a warrant to arrest Mickell Clayton Bailey, 19, of Edson, Alta. for the first-degree murder in the deaths of Roxanne Berube and “an unidentified female” who Global News has identified as Berube’s teenage daughter Jazmine Miller, and second-degree murder in the death of Daniel Miller.
“He was armed,” said Steinke.
Dan Miller and Roxanne Berube have been identified as the man and woman found dead near Edson.
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RCMP said police shot the suspect. Steinke described the injuries as “serious.” No other people were injured. Police will not release the exact location of the shooting but said the scene was contained as of 1:40 p.m.
The suspect is being treated in an Edmonton hospital for his injuries.
“They knew each other so it wasn’t a random homicide,” said Steinke. “I’ll leave it at that.”
“This is a crime that has shocked local citizens, police, and all Albertans. The murder of the three innocent victims in their own home is unsettling for even the most seasoned police investigator.”
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Steinke said it was thanks to local residents that Mounties were able to identify the suspect quickly.
“This investigation was resolved in such short order in large part because local citizens stepped forward to help the RCMP in order to help us get the job done. People did come forward and did talk about what they knew,” he said.
Mounties responded at around 1:50 p.m. Sunday to a “call for assistance” at a home east of the town of Edson. Police said the call came from outside the home, but didn’t specify from whom or where it came.
Berube, 36, her boyfriend, Miller, and her teenage daughter, Jazmine Miller, were found dead. Police said the three victims suffered “obvious trauma” but didn’t say how the trauma was caused.
Global News spoke to the person who made the horrifying discovery. There have been concerns about vehicle theft in the area and the man noticed a vehicle in the ditch near the residence. He went to the home to warn the residents to be on alert.
All three lived at the home and Mounties said no one else in the residence was injured or missing.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating the officer-involved shooting.
The RCMP investigation into the triple homicide is continuing.
Edson is about 200 kilometres west of Edmonton.
With files from Global’s Karen Bartko
Editor’s note: This article has been updated after a correction from police indicated the suspect is 19 years old, not 29 years old as originally stated.
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