*EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was written on Feb. 28 and updated on March 1 when police said the man had turned himself in.
Edmonton police said Friday that a man they described as an “armed and dangerous” suspect in a homicide had turned himself in to RCMP in B.C.
Matthew Leonard Dawson Campeau, 24, turned himself in at the RCMP detachment in Langley earlier Friday.
It’s expected he’ll be brought back to Edmonton early next week, EPS said.
Police released images on Thursday of Campeau, who they were looking for in connection with the shooting death of a 42-year-old man earlier this week.
READ MORE: 42-year-old man dead after overnight shooting in Clareview area
Police said they released the images of 24-year-old with the hope of generating tips from the public about his whereabouts.
Officers were called to a townhouse complex on 38 Street near 135 Avenue shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday after reports of shots being fired, police said. When they arrived, officers found a man’s body in a home near Belmont Park. Results of an autopsy on Thursday revealed the victim died of a gunshot wound and his death was ruled homicide.
Police have not released the victim’s name.
Watch below: (From Feb. 26, 2019) Police are investigating after a man was found dead in Edmonton’s Clareview area.
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