THE Edmonton Police Service Homicide Section is investigating the death of a 20-year-old male security guard that occurred early Friday morning in central Edmonton.

On Friday, December 6 at approximately 12:30 a.m., Downtown Branch patrol officers responded to a report of a gunshot inside an apartment building in the area of 106 Street and 107 Avenue. Upon arrival, officers located the unresponsive security guard in a stairwell and immediately conducted first aid. EMS responded, treated and transported him to hospital where he was declared deceased.

According to media accounts from Edmonton, a resident said that a security guard from her apartment building joined her outside as a fight broke out on the street. One of the men involved in the fight said he had been assaulted and wanted to make a police report. The group followed the security guard inside. The resident’s roommate called her minutes later to tell her that a shot had been fired and the security guard had been injured.

A Punjabi journalist tweeted a picture of the security guard taken from a CCTV camera that showed a South Asian male.

Edmonton Police said that Homicide Section detectives have taken over the investigation. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, December 9.

Investigators are encouraging anyone with information about this suspicious death to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.p3tips.com/250.