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Edmonton's 2009 murder meter officially stands at 14
2009 Edmonton case status: open: 6 charges laid: 7 police involved: 1

Fatal Downton Stabbing
july 1st, 2009 -- altercation at bus stop leaves one dead and one beaten
Keith Goddard
june 27th, 2009 -- died at house party; second-degree murder warrants issued for three men
Curtis Todd Osterlund
june 18th, 2009 -- charges laid in north-end school parking lot stabbing
Police Officer Found Dead
june 16th, 2009 -- ruled non-criminal
Curtis Todd Osterlund
june 12th, 2009 -- stabbed in north-end school parking lot
The Strathcona County Double Homicide
june 1st, 2009 -- senior and 50-year-old woman dead, two teens charged
Suspicious Death Ruled Non-criminal
may 20th, 2009 -- homicide detectives check on discovery of body inside home

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Anton Rapati
may 15th, 2009 -- Crown prosecutor stays charges
Michael White Appeal
march 27th, 2009 -- appeal denied; White grants exclusive interview
Richard Lee McNair
march 23rd, 2009 -- U.S. killer writes third letter
Fabian Nick DeLorme
march 4th, 2009 -- police announce no upgrade in charges

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In 2005 Edmonton set its all-time one-year murder record with 39 deaths, more than one every 10 days.
There were 36 homicides in 2006, 33 in 2007 and 35 in 2008.

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Fatal Downton Stabbing

Police continue to investigate Edmonton's fourteenth homicide of 2009.

Minutes after Canada Day fireworks lit the sky, blood covered the sidewalk in front of the Edmonton Transit stop near Telus Plaza.

At about 11:49 p.m. Wednesday, July 1st two men, described as "acting strangely," attacked two other men at the bus stop on the west side of 100th Street south of Jasper Avenue.

According to witnesses, one man was "whacked by something" on the head while the other man was stabbed in the stomach.

The stabbed man was then pushed under the Number 8 bus as horrified transit patrons looked on.

The two victims were taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital 15 minutes apart in separate ambulances, one with a police escort. The 42-year-old stabbing victim was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

As police were already just across the street, officers arrived "in about 12 seconds."

"Police members were just across the street at the MacDonald Hotel dealing with another matter. They came right across and started performing CPR on him immediately," Insp. Greg Alcorn said.

The stabbing victim had no pulse when he was first checked. He was revived and transported to hospital where efforts to save him were unsuccessful.

"At this time, one person has died as a result of the fight," Alcorn said. "Whether it was as a result of that or other causes, we can't be sure."

Police took one man into custody "who had quite a bit of blood on him," according to Alcorn.

"We have one person that's being detained and another person who was injured and we're not sure how he is related to this event. That's all things we're going to have to sort out."

Alcorn did not say if other suspects were being sought. There were reports indicating several persons ran from the scene immediately after the altercation.

Investigators were eager to review security video images recorded at and around the bus stop, hoping that footage taken from the transit centre, the Hotel Macdonald and the Telus office tower would shed light on what had transpired.

"We're trying to get video from the transit centre, from Telus security. When we compile all that information together we'll be able to give a more comprehensive identity as to who these suspects may be and who we might be looking for," Alcorn stated.

Police figure the assailants waited for the bus to arrive to block the view of the officers across the street. They also believe it was not a random attack.

"From information that we've received from witnesses it seems to be a very direct attack. Whether these people knew each other, that's something we've not been able to determine. Those are things we're going to hope to determine as we continue our investigation."

It took police over 90 minutes to interview the nearly two dozen witnesses on the waiting bus.

"Of course, we had a busload of people who had just finished watching the fireworks," Alcorn said. "You go out to watch the fireworks, this isn’t the first thing you’d want to see."

Several media outlets spoke with one man in particular – read more »

Robert Proudfoot saw the attack while he and his family waited for the Number 8. Soon there was blood everywhere ... all over the sidewalk, the victims, and his daughter.

According to Proudfoot, a fight started between two groups of men after the bus ultimately destined for the Mill Woods Transit Centre arrived at the downtown stop.

Proudfoot's 18-year-old daughter said what sounded like angry words were exchanged between the men and the fight was on.

"The blonde guy got whacked by something, by something big. He either got punched really badly or was hit by some weapon," Proudfoot said.

"All of a sudden, his whole side of his face was covered in blood. He was down on the ground, then he came on the bus."

The injured man grabbed a spot standing next to Proudfoot.

"He was losing blood too, right on the stairs of the bus and wherever he was standing."

Proudfoot asked him what happened.

"He said he got hit by somebody. He was standing right beside me trying to cover his head. He had blood on the side of his face and it was dripping down over his arms. I was worried that he was going to collapse."

Proudfoot's younger daughter, 14, got blood on her coat. He told the cut man that he'd better go talk to the police outside.

The shaken father described what happened to the second man.

"The other guy got pushed under the bus and got stabbed."

The man's position under the bus hampered rescue efforts. Proudfoot said the man did not look good after he was pulled out by paramedics.

"He was all covered [in blood] like he was bleeding profusely. Paramedics and police were trying to control his bleeding.

"It was a lot of blood he lost. There was blood everywhere from him. One of my daughters said she heard him breathing like a lung had been punctured."

Proudfoot said the two attackers appeared to be aboriginal. The two victims appeared white.

"The same guys were hassling people in the bus station," Proudfoot said.

They were after his 14-year-old daughter for a cigarette, standing right up to people and staring at them, he added.

"Here's this guy, kinda staring at my daughter and kind of looking at other people oddly."

Proudfoot thought he also saw one of them begging people for cigarettes a few blocks from the bus stop minutes earlier.

Those who may have witnessed the assault or have information were asked to contact Edmonton police at 780-423-4567, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), or online at www.tipsubmit.com

Tips can also be text messaged. In Edmonton, text TIP250 + message and send to CRIMES (274637). In Northern Alberta, text TIP205 + message and send to CRIMES (274637).

An autopsy on the 42-year-old man was scheduled for Friday.

The beating victim was treated in hospital and later released.

The latest homicide comes three years after Edmonton saw another murder on Canada Day.

On July 1st, 2006 23-year-old Jaret Lee Severight was shot to death in the parking lot of a highrise seniors complex at 10305 100 Avenue. The case remains unsolved.

Edmonton had recorded 13 homicides at this time last year. In 2008 the city recorded a total of 35 murders. There were 33 in 2007, 36 in 2006 and 39 in 2005 – the year Edmonton set its record.


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