EDMONTON – The plane carrying Travis Baumgartner back to Edmonton landed at the City Centre Airport shortly before 2:00 Wednesday afternoon.
A police motorcade was on hand to escort the suspect in then shooting deaths of three employees of the security company G4S at the University of Alberta on Friday, June 15th.
Baumgartner has now been processed on warrants for first degree murder (three counts), attempted murder (one count) and robbery with a firearm (four counts) by the Edmonton Police Service.
On the late night of June 14, five armoured car guards from security company G4S drove to HUB Mall on the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton. They were delivering cash. Three ended up shot dead. One remains in critical condition in hospital.
Travis Baumgartner, 21, was the fifth employee, and the suspected shooter in the case.
“Nothing like this has happened before. I’ve been with G4S for five and a half years and nothing even close to this. This is just horrific.” G4S company spokeswoman Robin Steinberg said Friday.
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Police put out a call for the public to watch for Baumgartner and his dark blue Ford F-150 truck.
That night Travis’s mother Sandy made an emotional plea to her son.
“I’m sorry that we had an argument last night, and had bad words between us, but I want you to come home and do the right thing. Let’s work this out together,” she told police, saying they were arguing about money.
“Trav, as your mother, I ask that you come forward now and take responsibility for your actions. Please Travis, I love you, and I’m pleading with you with all of my heart, to end this without further bloodshed. As your mother, I promise to you now, that I will be there by your side to support you.”
On June 16th he was apprehended trying to cross the border into the United States.
When he was arrested, a backpack stuffed with $334,000 was found in Baumgartner’s truck.
It’s estimated Baumgartner drove about 1,100-1,200 kilometres before he was arrested.
Baumgartner appeared before a justice on Canada-wide warrants for three counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, and four counts of robbery with a firearm on June 17th before being remanded into custody to return to Edmonton.
Investigators say Baumgartner is co-operating, but so far they have not located the work-issued firearm and body armour.
Baumgartner is scheduled to appear in provincial court at 9:00 on Thursday morning. He will await his court date at the Edmonton Remand Centre.
Click for a full timeline of events in the Travis Baumgartner case.
With files from Herman Chau.
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