Two teens charged with first-degree murder in woman's homicide: Edmonton police
Edmonton police have charged a pair of teens after a woman was killed in February.
On Feb. 21, at around 8:40 p.m., police said they responded to an assault report at a townhouse complex near Homestead Crescent and Hooke Road. They found a woman with gunshot wounds who was declared dead on scene, officers said.
The autopsy, completed on Feb. 25, determined that Angel Daniels, 26, died of gunshot wounds in a homicide.
On April 4, a 17-year-old boy and Mustafa Sidow Ali, 18, were both charged with first-degree murder, police said Monday.
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