Edmonton police were busy Monday morning after being called to two home invasions in the west end which resulted in two men being shot, as well as a shooting in the city’s southwest.
West-end home invasions, shootings
The first incident happened in the area of 104 Avenue and 149 Street. Police were called to a home invasion in the area just after 6 a.m. where a man was shot. He was taken to hospital in critical condition, police said in a news release.
A second home invasion happened a few minutes later in the area of 102 Avenue and 163 Street, where a man was also shot and taken to hospital in serious condition, according to police.
At this point, it’s not known if the two scenes are connected.
Insp. Erik Johnson with the Edmonton Police Service said officers are searching for two to four suspects in the pair of home invasions.
Southwest Edmonton shooting, vehicle fire
Later Monday morning, police were called to a third shooting, which happened in the city’s deep southwest.
Johnson said police received multiple 911 calls from the Graydon Hill Point area, which is located just south of Ellerslie Road and east of 141 Street SW.
A man was found with gunshot wounds to his lower body, police said.
“Right now, he’s expected to survive so that’s fortunate and we do have multiple witnesses and lots of video in the area so we’re hopeful that will help advance our investigation,” Johnson said.
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WARNING: The below surveillance video of the shooting in south Edmonton may be disturbing to some viewers
Gurinder Grewal lives in the neighbourhood and said he heard several gunshots ring out at around 8 a.m.
“Since I was working, it took me five minutes to come out and see that someone was shot. He was lying there,” he explained.
Grewal said he ran over to help, as did several other neighbours. He said he believes the man was shot more than once in his legs and back.
“This is a quiet neighbourhood so we were kind of shocked,” Grewal said.
Kelsey Myrholm was sleeping when the shots were fired. She said her dad’s wife ran downstairs and yelled that somebody had been shot.
“We came running out in our pyjamas and before first responders got here, we saw the guy lying on the ground. All the neighbours were running with blankets and stuff to try and help,” she explained.
“I’m still kind of in shock. It’s a quiet neighbourhood, nothing like this happens here.”
Johnson said a “getaway vehicle” from the southwest scene was located burning nearby in the Jagare Ridge neighbourhood. Police are now searching for two suspects linked to this shooting.
“Right now we’re trying to determine if they’re linked. We don’t suspect that this will be linked to the ones in the west end,” Johnson said.
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