By Chelsea Laskowski

VIDEO: Central Ave investigation over in teen murder, no arrests made: Police

Apr 21, 2014 | 5:00 PM

Prince Albert Police Service is done investigating a home in the 1900-block of Central Avenue in connection to the murder of 17-year-old Clayton James Bear.

Police were at the home on Tuesday, the day after Bear was taken to hospital by ambulance and died in hospital. Police confirmed on April 14 that they were investigating the death as a homicide with ties to reports of a shooting in the 500-block of 27th Street East at 5:55 a.m.

They could not confirm if Bear died as the result of gunshot wounds, and have no further comment following a Thursday autopsy completed in Saskatoon.

Media liaison Sgt. Brandon Mudry said this is because it’s a criminal homicide matter, and the details “would come out during the trial.”

No arrests have been made related to Bear’s death yet, although many witnesses have been interviewed.

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As for any motives behind the homicide, Sgt. Mudry wasn’t able to narrow down any theories at the weekly media police conference.

“We’re not ruling anything out at this point. However, it’s difficult to say with any amount of certainty whether there was drug involvement… It’s still very much under investigation,” he said.

He added that the April 3 shooting in which a woman was injured in the 400-block of 28th Street East does not seem to have any relation to Bear’s death.

Because the incidents happened in close proximity, Sgt. Mudry said they had investigated the possibility.

As for the next steps with the case, Sgt. Mudry said investigation is a complex process and couldn’t provide any timelines for what’s next to come.

Police were at the Central Avenue location for so long the day of the shooting because they needed to “hold it” until they could get a search warrant to “obtain that piece of paper to lawfully gain entry into the residence,” Sgt. Mudry said.

This makes it so nothing inside the residence can be tampered with before police get the warrant.

Through that process, anything seized at that time is considered evidence to a crime.

Weekend stabbing

Mudry also detailed a weekend gathering that ended in violence. 

A 19-year-old woman had invited people to her place on the 1000-block of Fourth Street East but was trying to get them to head home before 2 a.m.

Around that time, things took a turn as a man stabbed her in the face.

He was described to police as a short man with short hair, a bandana, and tattoos of a cross and tears on the sides of his face.

That suspect hasn’t been found or arrested in connection to that stabbing.

Prince Albert Police are asking for more information on that, (306)-953-4222 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Over the weekend, there were a total of 155 calls for service to Prince Albert police .Most were for disturbances and intoxicated people.

claskowski@panow.com

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