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Alberta RCMP investigate teen’s homicide on First Nation

RCMP vehicle. Global News

Police are investigating the death of a 17-year-old boy at the Frog Lake First Nation as a homicide.

Elk Point RCMP said officers responded to a shooting on the Fishing Lake Metis Settlement on July 19.

A short time later, police found the deceased teenager inside a vehicle along with another person who said the youth was shot.

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An autopsy by the Edmonton Chief Medical Examiner determined the death was a homicide.

The youth’s identity hasn’t been released.

RCMP’s Major Crimes Unit, Elk Point RCMP and the Forensic Identification Section are taking part in the investigation.

Investigators don’t believe the homicide was a random act.

 

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