It’s a record no city wants to be breaking, but Saskatoon finds itself dangerously close to tying the record number of homicides in a year.
Saskatoon police are currently investigating the city’s 15th homicide of the year, which makes it one off the record set just five years ago.
The incident took place on the 1700 block of 22nd Street West near St. Paul’s Hospital. It’s an area police say has seen a lot of crime in the past, with incidents of stabbings, shootings and police standoffs.
Police have not given much information on the most recent homicide, but chief Cam McBride said homicides are very concerning. He said police look at each instance carefully to see if anything can be done proactively.
“Most typically with the homicides that we see in Saskatoon, there are things that you can’t predict; you can’t plan for, you can’t enter into any kind …