Police say it’s too early in their investigation to know exactly what happened during a violent incident in the community of Douglasdale on Monday that left one man dead.
Emergency crews were called to a house in the 100 block of Douglasbank Way S.E. at around 8 p.m. for reports of a home invasion.
Police said it appears a man in his 30s entered the home while two other residents were inside.
EMS said the man was shot in the abdomen. He was transported to hospital in critical, life-threatening condition where he later died.
“We’re still trying to determine what exactly went on, leading up to him entering the residence,” Insp. Don Coleman of the Major Crimes Section said in a Tuesday news conference.
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Both residents in the home at the time were also injured.
EMS said a woman in her late 20s was transported in serious but stable and non-life-threatening condition after falling or jumping from a second-storey window.
“The female was injured in an attempt to leave the residence,” Coleman confirmed.
EMS said man, in his 30s, had minor soft-tissue injuries. He was transported in stable and non-life-threatening condition.
Police didn’t know if the couple owned the property or were renting.
Investigators have attended the home in the past, though Coleman was unable to say why.
Coleman said the two residents and the deceased are all known to police.
“Their involvement is still to be determined,” he said.
Coleman said the incident did appear to be targeted.
“We don’t believe it’s random.”
“We believe that the deceased person showed up at that residence purposely. They didn’t just pick that residence out of the blue.”
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A neighbour who did not wish to be identified told Global News she arrived home to find police surrounding the home
“I just ran to my house as fast as I could,” she said. “There were police and ambulances everywhere. I just jumped out of my van and … just ran right home as fast as I could.”
“We ran to the basement to stay safe.”
“It’s a friendly neighbourhood,” she added. “We’re all close. We have parties for each other and everybody knows each other … I don’t know what’s happened, and it’s scary.”
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police by calling 403-266-1234 or the Homicide Unit Tip Line at 403-428-8877. Tips can also be left anonymously by contacting Crime Stoppers.
With files from Kim Smith and Doug Vaessen
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