A violent incident in southeast Edmonton has left a mother and child dead, according to police.
Both the victims had been stabbed, sources confirmed to Global News.
Police said just before 5 p.m. Friday it was reported to police that a man had attacked two people outside of Crawford Plains School before running away.
Officers found a dead 35-year-old woman and an injured 11-year-old child, police said
The child was taken to the hospital but died of their injuries.
According to police, a man matching the description of the suspect was located by two other officers in the area of 46 Street and 12 Avenue.
Police said “an altercation took place” and the officers both shot the suspect, resulting in critical injuries.
The suspect remains in hospital.
The scene unfolded across the street from Brad Botha’s home.
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“Basically, right in the centre there was a white car that pulled up. They were in the dead centre of the parking lot there,” Botha recalled of the mother and daughter.
“Ambulance showed up, the whole street was blocked off.”
EPS said it’s not known whether the man and the two victims knew each other.
The service’s homicide section is now investigating the deaths, with autopsies tentatively scheduled for May 8 and 9, police said.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating the police shooting.
A Global News crew saw several police cars parked outside a home in the area of 47 Street and 12 Avenue on Friday afternoon and the driveways of several homes had been taped off.
In a separate interview, Chasidy Zumbo told Global News she did not know what happened or how the events unfolded but said she heard a commotion unfold late Friday afternoon.
“I heard a number of gunshots go off and I came out and saw at least seven police vehicles and a number of ambulances,” Zumbo said.
“It’s all pretty shocking.”
“I seen an officer standing in the road with a rifle looking down a scope. I just immediately ran and grabbed my daughter and got to the back of the house and got low,” said another resident, Kevan Young.
“We were playing there with her friends and then she was complaining about her knee so we left kind of early and it was just kind of lucky that we weren’t over there at the time.”
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