Suspect in custody after 1 killed, 2 injured in northeast Edmonton
Police took a 25-year-old man into custody after one person was killed and two others were injured in northeast Edmonton Wednesday afternoon.
Family identified the deceased man as 38-year-old Brian Berland.
Family identified 38-year-old Brian Berland as the man killed during a string of attacks in Edmonton on Sept. 7, 2022. (Source: Facebook / Allen Gabriel Frost)
Police have not yet confirmed the identity of any of the victims.
The Edmonton Police Service apprehended Clarence Lawrence around 6 p.m. Wednesday.
EPS has arrested Clarence Lawrence, 25, after one person was killed and two were injured in northeast Edmonton on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (Supplied)
Police asked people in the area of Hermitage Road and Henry Avenue NW to shelter in place while they investigated.
EPS says the assaults were random.
Edmonton Catholic Schools locked the exterior doors of its schools from 4 p.m. until around 5:30 p.m., impacting dismissal at St. Nicholas Catholic Junior High School, St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Junior High School, Anne Fitzgerald Catholic Elementary School, and St. Maria Goretti Catholic Elementary School. Around 6:30 p.m., the Edmonton Catholic School Board confirmed that the alert had been lifted and students and their families had been reunited.
A parent sent this photo from inside Belmont School on Sept. 7, 2022 as the school was placed On Alert because of a person in the area with an edged weapon.
Edmonton Public Schools also locked exterior doors at Homesteader, Belmont, Sifton, and Overlanders schools. Dismissal at those schools was also delayed until 5:30 p.m., when all four schools began dismissing students with the help of police.
There's a heavy police presence in northeast Edmonton on Wednesday, Sept. 7, after one person was killed and two were injured in random attacks, according to Edmonton Police Service. (Nicole Weisberg/CTV News Edmonton)
Students at Belmont School were told to stay away from windows while they waited in the building.
Lesley, a parent of two children at St. Maria Goretti School, said, "I haven't been told a whole lot."
"All I know is there are few people who have been stabbed and injured, we're not allowed to get our kids. Everything is on lockdown right now."
One person was killed in north Edmonton in a random attack on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (Galen McDougall/CTV News Edmonton)
Mayor Amarjeet Sohi tweeted about the incident on Wednesday, saying his thoughts are with everyone affected by the tragedy.
Police Chief Dale McFee also offered his condolences and thanked EPS members for their response to the attacks.
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