Police seek help with stabbing case
Edmonton police need the public’s help to find a robber who fatally stabbed a man in front of his brother while they waited at a bus stop.
“This is a random attack on two innocent young men who were minding their own business, not bothering a soul. We need to find this guy before he hurts someone else,” homicide unit Staff Sgt. Bill Clark said Friday.
Two 28-year-old brothers got off a bus and were waiting for another bus at a stop near 118 Avenue and 83 Street when a man approached them and asked for a cigarette about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.
“He asked them for a cigarette, and then he planned on robbing them,” said Clark.
Clark said the brothers co-operated as the robber demanded they hand over their belongings, but when the robber reached out to grab the glasses off one of the brothers, the brother stepped back. The robber lunged forward, plunging his knife into the man’s chest. The brother who had been stabbed later died in hospital.
As he fled, the robber’s ball cap fell off. Police are hoping someone will recognize the grey Cleveland Cavaliers hat with a red ‘C’ emblem. The suspect is described as a white or Indigenous man in his mid-20s with dark hair, about five-foot-10 with dark clothing. He was carrying a camouflage-patterned bag.
“All we need is a name,” said Clark. “Call Crime Stoppers, leave us a name. We’ll take it from there; we’ll put this guy away.”
As the brothers chased the robber, they passed an older man who was wearing a light-grey winter jacket with a black stripe across the top. Investigators would like to find this witness and ask him about what he saw.