Homicide detectives are investigating after a 15-year-old boy died from injuries suffered on the border between St. Albert and Edmonton on Tuesday evening.
A man that police say knew the youth was taken into custody “shortly after the incident.”
Officers responded to a report of an injured person at around 9:30 p.m. near 137th Avenue and 184th Street, which is between Edmonton and St. Albert.
They found a 15-year-old boy suffering from what police described as “serious, life-threatening injuries.”
“Despite lifesaving efforts by officers and paramedics, the youth succumbed to his injuries on scene,” Edmonton police said in a news release Wednesday.
The man was arrested and police are not looking for any other suspects.
“The victim and suspect appear to be known to one another,” EPS said.
On Wednesday, discarded medical supplies and what appeared to be a blood stain on the pavement were visible on 184 Street/ Sir Winston Churchill Avenue, south of LeClair Way in St. Albert.
That stretch of road has been closed to vehicle traffic ever since the north leg of the Henday opened.
An autopsy has been scheduled for Friday.
— With files from Karen Bartko, Global News