Our condolences to her family and friends.
A 16-year-old girl was shot and killed in northeast Edmonton early Sunday morning.
Edmonton police were called to a shooting in the area of 139 Avenue and 32 Street at around 6:50 a.m. Officers found her seriously injured and attempted first aid. She was declared dead at the scene.
The EPS Homicide Section is investigating and is treating the death as suspicious. Police say they will release additional information as it becomes available.
Her name has not been released.
What "suspicious death" means here
The wording confuses people, and it's worth understanding.
Edmonton police classify a death as suspicious when the circumstances indicate it may not have been natural or accidental, but before it has been formally confirmed as a homicide. That confirmation typically follows an autopsy by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
The Homicide Section handling the file from the outset tells you how police are treating it. The terminology is about what has been established, not about how seriously it is being investigated.
If an autopsy confirms a homicide, police normally issue an update saying so.
If you were in the area Sunday morning
This is where the public can actually help.
The call came in at 6:50 a.m. on a Sunday, which is an hour when most people are home and most streets are quiet. That works in investigators' favour, because there are fewer vehicles to account for and more residential cameras pointed at empty roads.
Check your doorbell camera and any security footage covering a street, alley or driveway near 139 Avenue and 32 Street. Anything from roughly 6 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Sunday is potentially relevant.
Check your dash cam if you drove through northeast Edmonton in that window, even if you saw nothing. Vehicles that can be ruled out matter as much as vehicles that can't.
Most home systems and dash cams record on a loop and overwrite within days. Save anything from Sunday morning now rather than later, and keep the original file rather than a screen recording of it.
Anyone with information can contact EPS at 780-423-4567, or #377 from a mobile phone.
To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at p3tips.com/250.
If you knew her
Kids Help Phone is free and confidential, 24 hours a day, at 1-800-668-6868, or text CONNECT to 686868.
The Hope for Wellness Help Line offers support to Indigenous people across Canada at 1-855-242-3310, with online chat available.
Alberta's Mental Health Help Line is 1-877-303-2642, 24 hours.
Schools in the area may have supports available when classes resume, and families can ask the division directly.
What police haven't said
How she died beyond the fact that officers responded to a shooting. Whether anyone has been arrested. Whether she was known to police or to anyone involved. Whether there is any risk to the public.
Those questions sit with the Homicide Section, and police have said updates will follow.
Sources
Edmonton Police Service, statement, August 16, 2026
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