EDMONTON

Police confirm second man found dead in north side building was homicide victim

Julia Parrish Web Reporter, CTV Edmonton

Published Friday, September 22, 2017 10:20AM MDT

EPS taped off a home on the corner of 112 Ave. and 94 St. on Monday, September 18, 2017 - the Homicide Unit was called in to investigate the suspicious death of an unidentified male.

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Police said the Medical Examiner had confirmed the death of a man whose body was found in a north side multi-unit house was Edmonton’s 36^th homicide of 2017.

Police said an autopsy had determined Blayne Joseph Burnstick, 25, died from a gunshot wound, and his death is homicide.

The deceased was found inside the building in the area of 112 Avenue and 94 Street on Monday, September 18.

Investigators later confirmed Burnstick did not live in that building.

The EPS Homicide Unit is investigating.

Burnstick’s body was the second found in the same building in less than a week – police had already been called to the same location days before.

In the first case, Nexhmi “Nick” Nuhi, 76, was shot and killed on Wednesday, September 13. His death was determined to be Edmonton’s 35^th homicide of 2017.

Anyone with information on this case 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).