EDMONTON

Police investigating after more than a dozen bus shelters vandalized

Julia Parrish Web Reporter, CTV Edmonton

Published Wednesday, February 10, 2016 3:14PM MST

Edmonton police released photos showing damage done to two bus shelters early Saturday, February 6, 2016. A total of 14 shelters were damaged along 109 St., Whyte Ave., and on Connors Rd. Supplied.

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Edmonton police said Wednesday that investigators were trying to identify suspects believed to be behind vandalism done to more than a dozen transit shelters in the city’s southwest over the weekend.

Police said at some point early Saturday, February 6, 14 bus shelters were damaged, with at least one pane of glass on each of them broken.

Shelters located along 109 Street between 72 Avenue and Whyte Avenue, as were shelters on Whyte Avenue between 109 and 83 Streets.

Other transit shelters were also damaged south and north of Whyte Avenue, on 83 Street and on Connors Road.

Damage has been estimated at $6,000.

Anyone with information that could help police is asked to call the Edmonton Police Service non-emergency line at 780-423-4567 or #377 on a mobile phone.

Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).