A 29-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a shooting in the downtown core early Wednesday morning.
At around 3:45 a.m., police were called to an apartment suite at the Rossdale House building in the area of 98 Avenue and 103 Street. A 28-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
A party was happening at the apartment building when two men got into a dispute; one of them was shot in the upper body, police said on Wednesday.
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On Thursday afternoon, police arrested Mustafe Rashid at a house on the Onion Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. Edmonton police said RCMP members from the Onion Lake, Turtleford and Maidstone detachments were all part of the arrest.
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Rashid has also been charged with aggravated assault, careless use of a firearm, pointing a firearm and using a firearm in the commission of an offence.
Police have not released the victim’s name. An update on his condition was not released on Friday.
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