Charges laid in attack that left boy, 13, dead at MacEwan LRT Station: Edmonton police

Edmonton police have laid charges following a 13-year-old boy’s death after an assault at MacEwan LRT station on Wednesday night.

Police initially called it a suspicious death but said Friday post-autopsy that he died of a stab wound in a homicide.

Officers said they responded to reports of “an assault involving multiple people fighting” at the station near 105 Avenue and 104 Street, finding the boy dead.

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The boy was part of a group of four youths and an 18-year-old man who reportedly assaulted a 34-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman at the LRT station, police said. The group and the pair didn’t know each other, police said.

A 15-year-old girl, a 14-year-old girl, a 14-year-old boy, and Destynd Jackson, 18, have been charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, and possessing an offensive weapon dangerous to the public.

People with information are asked to contact EPS at 780-423-4567 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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