{UAH} Edmonton police confirm 8 victims in what chief calls 'senseless mass murder'

Edmonton police confirm 8 victims in what chief calls 'senseless mass murder'

By Dean Bennett and Chris Purdy, The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press – 1 hour 2 minutes ago

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  The Canadian Press - The body of a victim is carried out of a north Edmonton home where multiple deaths occurred in an overnight shooting in Edmonton, Alberta on Tuesday December 30, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason …more 

EDMONTON - Police blamed domestic troubles Tuesday for the deaths of nine people, including two young children, in what the chief called a "senseless mass murder."

"This series of events are not believed to be random acts and there is no risk to the broad public," Rod Knecht told a news conference. "These events do not appear to be gang-related, but rather tragic incidents of domestic violence."

The victims included a woman found Monday night by officers who were responding to a weapons complaint at a south Edmonton home.

A young girl and boy along with two men and three women were found a few hours later at a split-level house in the city's northeast, where officers had checked on reports of a "suicidal male" earlier in the evening.

A man matching his description was found dead in a restaurant in the Edmonton bedroom community of Fort Saskatchewan on Tuesday morning, Knecht said.

"This morning ... RCMP were able to establish that a male was found deceased at the restaurant location from what appeared to be an apparent suicide."

She was screaming about her kids: 'My kids! The kids!,' grabbing her hair and trying to pull her hair out.

— Neighbour Moe Assiff, about a woman he saw sitting in a car outside the home where seven of the bodies were found

No names were released, nor did Knecht say how the people were related.

But he did say the public was not in any danger and police weren't looking for other suspects.

Knecht said it all started when police responded just before 7 p.m. Monday to a report of a man entering the south-side home, opening fire and fleeing. A middle-aged woman died at the scene.

While officers were dealing with that, police were called to a house in a quiet cul de sac in the northeast to check on the well-being of a depressed and possibly suicidal man, Knecht said.

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