Police seek information on weekend shooting death
A man who was shot inside his home and later died Sunday morning is not believed to be the victim of a targeted shooting, Edmonton police believe.
Just after 6:15 a.m. Sunday, police responded to calls of a weapons complaint at a home near 105 Avenue and 157 Street. Officers found 49-year-old Dion William Mccallum suffering from serious, life-threatening wounds. He was treated and transported to hospital where he later died.
An autopsy performed Tuesday confirmed Mccallum died of a gunshot wound and his manner of death was a homicide.
Speaking outside the Fred Broadstock Pool Wednesday afternoon, near where Mccallum was shot, Staff Sgt. Brenda Dalziel of the homicide section said the man was at home with a family member at the time the shooting occurred
around 5:45 a.m. The family member was not injured.
“It is alarming to find out and, through our investigation, to see that this particular incident, there is no reason for us to believe that Mr. Mccallum was targeted at this time,” Dalziel said.
“And so for that reason, we hope that members of the Glenwood community will reach out to the police and speak to us with any information that they might have from early that morning.”
Investigators are asking for anyone with information on the shooting, including dash camera footage and home or business surveillance footage around the time of the shooting, to contact police.
“It's quite a quiet community, so on a Sunday morning at 5:45 in the morning, there's really not a lot of activity out here. And so if anyone saw anything we'd like them to come forward,” Dalziel said.
She said there were 158 shootings in 2020 with 10 of those resulting in death. So far in 2021, there have been eight shootings.
Mccallum's death is the city's third homicide of 2021.