Police secure the scene where they allege a suspected bank robber fled to a residential area and took hostages in Edmonton on Nov. 29.JASON FRANSON/The Canadian Press
A hostage situation in Edmonton that began when a man was allegedly fleeing a bank robbery has ended with the lone hostage released, and the suspect dead.
Police said late Monday afternoon that the man had entered a home on the city’s north side that was “not associated to him” and took an unknown number of hostages.
The bank robbery, they said, happened several blocks away.
In a news release later in the evening, police say the lone female hostage was released unharmed at around 5:30 p.m. after efforts by professional negotiators.
Police then entered the residence at approximately 6 p.m. and found the 36-year-old male suspect dead.
They say there were no others in the home.
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