Police investigate Saskatoon's 3rd homicide of the year

Jeffery Tram · CBC News

· Posted: May 18, 2025 11:50 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

Saskatoon constabulary are investigating the city's 3rd homicide of the twelvemonth aft a 20-year-old antheral was fatally changeable aboriginal Saturday morning.

Officers with the Saskatoon Police Service responded to a telephone astatine around 5 a.m. connected May 17 astatine a motel successful the 2000 artifact of Avenue B North, wherever they recovered a antheral suffering from a gunshot wound. The unfortunate was transported to infirmary but aboriginal died from his injuries.

A 27-year-old antheral has since been arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Police person not yet released his name.

A 2nd suspect, 26-year-old Lawrence Opikokew, remains astatine ample and is considered equipped and dangerous. Police are informing the nationalist not to attack him and to interaction authorities with immoderate accusation connected his whereabouts.

Opikokew is described arsenic six feet 4 inches gangly and 190 pounds, with abbreviated achromatic hairsbreadth and brownish eyes.

Anyone with accusation is asked to telephone the Saskatoon Police Service astatine 306-975-8300 oregon Crime Stoppers astatine 1-800-222-8477.