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Suspect in Edmonton triple homicide co-operating with investigators, police say

Edmonton Police Service Supt. Criminal Investigations Division, Bob Hassel

Credits: IAN KUCERAK/QMI AGENCY

MATT DYKSTRA | QMI AGENCY

EDMONTON -- Travis Baumgartner, the suspect in the shooting deaths of three G4S security guards at the University of Alberta Friday, is co-operating with investigators in BC where he was captured, Edmonton police say.

At a news conference held at Edmonton police headquarters Monday, Supt. Bob Hassel of the Criminal Investigations Division said city police investigators dispatched to Langley. BC, from Edmonton have interviewed
Baumgartner, 21.

"I can tell you that Travis Baumgartner is co-operating with our investigators and based on this we are completing numerous investigative tasks that we still have to fulfill," Hassel said.

Edmonton investigators have completed a "thorough examination" of Baumgartner's Ford F-150 truck, Hassel said. They still have not recovered Baumgartner's company-issued body armour or handgun.

He is expected to be transported to Edmonton for his first local court appearance Wednesday.

Baumgartner was trying to cross the US-Canada border near Lynden, Wash., just after 4 p.m. Saturday when he was detained by US Customs and Border Protection officials.
G4S Cash Solutions Canada guards Michelle Shegelski, 26, Brian Ilesic, 35, and Eddie Rejano, 39, were shot and killed early Friday morning. Matthew Schuman, another guard, was shot and remains in critical condition in hospital.


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