Second-degree murder charge laid in fatal north Edmonton stabbing

A 48-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection to a fatal stabbing in north Edmonton early Thursday morning.

Police were called to an apartment in the area of 72 Street and 144 Avenue at around 4 a.m.

A 29-year-old man was taken to hospital in cardiac arrest where he later died. Police identified the man Friday as Clinton John Bluecloud.

An autopsy revealed Bluecloud died of a stab wound.

Michael Barber, 48, is charged with second-degree murder and possession of an offensive weapon.

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Another man, who police said is 40, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

A woman who lives on the third floor of the apartment building told Global News she called 911 shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday after hearing a “real bad noise down there that was not good.”

“Everything’s banging in my place, my doors and everything, from all the ruckus down there,” she said. “Smashing, banging, screaming, yelling.

“It’s quite scary because it’s happening right underneath my nose.”

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Police said several people were at the apartment before officers arrived. They are asking those people to come forward to police.

Edmonton police are investigating Bluecloud’s death as the city’s 22nd homicide of 2017.