RCMP confirmed Sunday there have been two sudden deaths reported on the Paul Band First Nation this week.
RCMP said its major crimes unit is investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside a home at the First Nation early Sunday morning.
Parkland RCMP was called to the home at around 3:25 a.m. after receiving a report that a man had been shot inside the residence, according to police.
An autopsy is scheduled on the victim at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Wednesday.
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Officials with the RCMP confirmed there was also a separate death on the reserve earlier in the week — although they could not initially specify when the first death occurred when asked.
In an update Wednesday, police said the first death occurred on Friday, Aug. 28.
Just before 9:30 a.m., RCMP said they were called to assist EMS with an unresponsive man. When officers arrived, a 53-year-old man was found dead outside a residence.
An autopsy was performed Tuesday and determined the manner of the man’s death to be a homicide. The cause of his death was not released. The RCMP Major Crimes Unit has now taken over the investigation.
Officials did not provide further details on the victims in either death or if they were connected.
Paul Band First Nation is located about 65 kilometres west of Edmonton.