Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Tyler Shandro issued the following statement in response to Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi’s recent statement regarding the Edmonton Chinatown homicides:
In the fresh moments after a major tragedy, whether it be a natural disaster, a school shooting or the outbreak of war, there is often a public tendency to…
The RCMP have confirmed that officers from the Parkland detachment transported the man accused of murdering two men in Chinatown last month to Edmonton just days before the killings.
Days before Hung Trang and Ban Phuc Hoang were fatally beaten May 18 in Edmonton’s Chinatown, Justin Bone now accused in both homicides was dropped off in the city by RCMP officers. A man who knows Bone compares the RCMP’s actions to “a starlight ride in reverse.”
Edmonton's mayor is demanding that Alberta's solicitor general and the city's police commission conduct reviews into actions by police before the arrest of a repeat offender for two killings in Chinatown.