Southwest Division patrol members responded to a medical centre parking lot between 104 and 105 Street at 51 Avenue around 1:15 a.m. Saturday. Upon arrival, members found a male unconscious and in serious physical distress.
It was reported that the 42-year-old male victim was waiting outside of the medical centre for a friend, when he was approached by several males and randomly beaten. The victim sustained multiple head injuries, and was rushed to hospital by EMS paramedics, where he remains unconscious and in a medically induced coma.
Given the victim’s injuries, investigators have been unable to secure a description of the suspects, at this time.
Investigators continue to examine video surveillance in the area, which shows five intoxicated male suspects walking westbound along 51 Avenue by a nightclub near 103 Street. Three of the male suspects left the group and then travelled south and into the parking lot where the alleged aggravated assault occurred.
Police believe the suspects may have also attended a nearby fast food restaurant near 51Avenue and 104 Street at around 1 a.m., prior to the assault.
Anyone who may have been driving along 51 Avenue near 103 Street, or may have witnessed a group of five, intoxicated males at the south-side, fast food restaurant at approximately 1 a.m. Saturday morning, is asked to contact the Edmonton Police Service at 780-423-4567or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.tipsubmit.com/start.htm.
The Edmonton Police Service is seeking witnesses to the random, violent assault of a male, which occurred in southwest Edmonton in the early morning hours of March 22, 2014.