Robbery call turns into suspicious death case

Homicide detectives were investigating a suspicious death following a robbery in north Edmonton.

An injured man was found after northwest division officers responded to a report of a robbery near 118 Avenue and 82 Street, in the Eastwood neighbourhood, shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday.

The man died after being taken to hospital, police said Thursday.

Police earlier taped off a portion of 118 Avenue, but there was no sign of an investigation around 7 a.m. Thursday. Police did not say if they were responding to a robbery at a business or a personal robbery.

The scene is outside Catholic Social Services’ immigration and settlement office. Michael Di Massa, who works for the organization, said the incident happened after the office closed. The office was operating normally Thursday.

Di Massa said the building has exterior security cameras and police have the footage. He did not know if it captured the incident.

The victim was found a little over a block from a community police station, on the other side of 82 Street near a Safeway.

The suspicious death scene is about two blocks from where a man was fatally stabbed Jan. 17.

If the death is ruled a homicide, it would be the city’s third this year.