Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit investigates homicide in Fort McMurray - Update

May 16, 2025
Fort McMurray, Alberta

News release

Alberta RCMP have laid charges in connection with the Feb. 7, 2025, fatal shooting on 600 Signal Road in Fort McMurray. The deceased has been identified at 24-year-old Edmonton resident Junior Ashu.

On May 15, 2025, the Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit with the assistance of the St. Albert RCMP Detachment arrested a 26-year-old individual, a resident of Edmonton. The individual has been charged with first-degree murder.

The individual has been taken before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody with a next court date set for May 28, 2025, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Fort McMurray.

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Contact information

Alberta RCMP Media Relations
780-509-3970

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