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.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Genetic evidence backs up COVID-19 origin theory that pandemic started in seafood market
A group of researchers say they have more evidence to suggest the COVID-19 pandemic started in a Chinese seafood market where it spread from infected animals to humans. The evidence is laid out in a recent study published in Cell, a scientific journal, nearly five years after the first known COVID-19 outbreak.
This is how much money you need to make to buy a house in Canada's largest cities
The average salary needed to buy a home keeps inching down in cities across Canada, according to the latest data.
'My two daughters were sleeping': London Ont. family in shock after their home riddled with gunfire
A London father and son they’re shocked and confused after their home was riddled with bullets while young children were sleeping inside.
Smuggler arrested with 300 tarantulas strapped to his body
Police in Peru have arrested a man caught trying to leave the country with 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes and nine bullet ants strapped to his body.
Boissonnault out of cabinet to 'focus on clearing the allegations,' Trudeau announces
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced embattled minister Randy Boissonnault is out of cabinet.
Baby dies after being reported missing in midtown Toronto: police
A four-month-old baby is dead after what Toronto police are calling a “suspicious incident” at a Toronto Community Housing building in the city’s midtown area on Wednesday afternoon.
Sask. woman who refused to provide breath sample did not break the law, court finds
A Saskatchewan woman who refused to provide a breath sample after being stopped by police in Regina did not break the law – as the officer's request was deemed not lawful given the circumstances.
Parole board reverses decision and will allow families of Paul Bernardo's victims to attend upcoming parole hearing in person
The families of the victims of Paul Bernardo will be allowed to attend the serial killer’s upcoming parole hearing in person, the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) says.
'They squandered 10 years of opportunity': Canada Post strike exposes longtime problems, expert says
Canada Post is at ‘death's door’ and won't survive if it doesn't dramatically transform its business, a professor who has studied the Crown corporation is warning as the postal workers' national strike drags on.