A 21-year-old man who was wanted in connection with two central Edmonton homicides was arrested, police said Wednesday.
Montana Houle was wanted on provincewide warrants for the homicides of Deng Malith Deng, 32, on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, and Travis Waskahat, 24, on Tuesday, June 8, 2021.
Deng was found suffering from a shotgun wound after police officers were called to a shooting at a multi-unit residence in the area of 109 Avenue and 97 Street at 9:35 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. He died of his injuries in hospital that night.
An autopsy later confirmed he died of a gunshot wound and the manner of death was homicide.
Waskahat was found injured at a home in the area of 98 Street and 108 Avenue on June 8, 2021. Police were called to the residence after someone reported an injured man there at about 7:20 p.m. Waskahat was taken to hospital where he later died of his injuries.
An autopsy later confirmed he died of a stab wound and that the manner of death was homicide.
Houle was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Edmonton and charged with two counts of second-degree murder.