An innocent person was hit with a stray bullet early Saturday morning, after a “high risk” incident prompted a heavy police response at 38 Avenue and 78 Street in Edmonton’s Mill Woods area.
Edmonton police said they were called to a multi-housing unit in the Richfield neighbourhood near Millbourne Mall around 1:30 a.m. on the report of a weapons complaint.
When officers arrived, they heard a “second volley” of gun fire and screaming.
“Members were able to contain a residence. While establishing containment on that residence, we received a report of an injured female in that area,” said Sgt. Ashley Emerson.
“So with the assistance of our tactical section we were able to safely extract an injured female from the general area.”
Emerson said that preliminary investigation supports that the 28-year-old woman was an innocent bystander in an adjacent unit.
She was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, and as of Monday remained in stable condition.
After a “lengthy period” of containment and negotiation, police were able to get multiple occupants to exit the unit involved in the incident.
According to neighbours, police are often at the residence.
An armored police vehicle was on scene Saturday morning at 78 Street and 38 Avenue.Streets surrounding the scene, near Millbourne Market Mall, were closed down to traffic for much of the day Saturday.
Police also asked residents in the area remain in their homes during the initial negotiation period.
Police did not release any information about those in the unit, other than to say that a “number of individuals” were taken into custody.
As of Monday, police still had not released any details on possible charges.
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