*EDITOR’S NOTE: Police initially said Michael Podgorney was 39 years old but later clarified he was 46.
A teenager has been charged after a man was killed in west Edmonton earlier this month.
Police were called to Stony Plain Road near 166 Street around 12:15 p.m. on Aug. 6 after a report of an altercation.
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When officers arrived, they found a man with life-threatening injuries. Paramedics treated the man, but he died at the scene.
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On Wednesday, Edmonton police said an autopsy had been completed and the man was identified as Michael Podgorney.
The 46-year-old died of stab wounds and the death has been ruled a homicide, police said.
A 17-year-old is charged with one count of second-degree murder. The teen cannot be named due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
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