The death of a 39-year-old man in north Edmonton on Wednesday is being treated as a homicide by police.
At about noon, police responded to a “trouble unknown” call at a suite in the area of 119 Avenue and 105 Street in the Westwood neighbourhood.
Inside the suite, police found the 39-year-old man in medical distress. Paramedics later declared the man dead, police said in a news release Thursday afternoon.
An autopsy found the victim was 39-year-old Kyle Syryda and his manner of death is homicide, according to a police news release on Dec. 14.
The Edmonton Police Service homicide section has since taken over investigation of the man’s death.
Police are asking anyone with information on the man’s death to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.