A man was killed on Monday in the southeast community of McKenzie Towne, Calgary police say.
The incident took place in a residence on the 300-block of Prestwick Terrace, sparking a police chase that ended in an arrest outside a nearby shopping plaza.
Police were alerted to the scene by two callers at 8:25 a.m., and found a man dead in the residence.
The suspect, who had fled before the police arrived, was found in a nearby shopping plaza outside a pancake house.
Dan Kutarna, a customer at the restaurant, spotted the man at the establishment, ordering a coffee, looking as if he had just “crawled out of bed.”
“I don’t know if he even got (the coffee),” Kutarna said.
The suspect then got up and moved to a different side of the plaza. A few minutes later, Kutarna said, the customers were asked to evacuate the building. Soon, he saw the suspect “bolting off to the side” with a string of officers after him.
“He seemed calm,” Kutarna said.
Acting Duty Inspector Scott Campbell said the killer and the victim were known to each other, but won’t release the name of the suspect pending an investigation.
“The witnesses will be interviewed by the homicide investigators and based on that we will determine the next steps,” Campbell said.
Police encourage anyone with information about this incident to contact them by calling 403-266-1234. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers.