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Man found shot outside Herb Jamieson homeless shelter was deliberately killed: Edmonton police

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A man found fatally injured outside a men’s homeless shelter in central Edmonton was deliberately killed, Edmonton police said in an update Monday.

It happened Jan. 2, when EMS responded around 6:30 a.m. to a man in need of medical attention outside the Hope Mission’s Herb Jamieson Centre on the corner of 100 Street and 105A Avenue.

Shane Bakewell, 32, was taken to hospital but died. Staff at the hospital noticed his injuries looked like gunshot wounds and called police.

An autopsy was carried out Monday morning, when the medical examiner determined Bakewell died as a result of a gunshot wound and the manner of death is a homicide.

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Edmonton police said homicide investigators are still working to determine where Bakewell was living at the time of his death.

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As of Monday’s update, no arrests have been made in the case. It’s one of several homicides police are investigating from the New Year’s weekend.

Anyone with information about the homicide is asked to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a cellphone.

Anonymous information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.

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