LIVE | RCMP provide update on 3 deaths in Lloydminster, Sask.

thank you is everybody ready good yeah I will so good afternoon folks uh I want to thank you all for joining me today my name is inspector Brian nickel I'm the detach of commander of the Lloyd Minister RCMP on sep on September 11th 2024 at approximately 5:51 p.m. uh Lloyd Minister RCMP responded to to a call of a well-being check in the vicinity of 50th Street and 47th Avenue upon entering the residence members located three deceased individuals at this time we will not be releasing or confirming the identities before moving on I want to give my sincere apolog sincere condolences on behalf of the entire Detachment to the family friends loved ones of these individuals this is a profound loss of life for their family and for the wider Community since yesterday evening there's been an increased large amount of police presence in and around that area you will continue to see a large police presence in that area as experts from both Alberta and Saskatchewan work to solve this crime I want to be very clear to everybody there is no immediate concern for Public Safety while I understand seeing um seeing more police presence can cause concern for folks this is because we have people diligently working hard excuse me to uh to to uh solve this crime I want to assure you that they're here to bring a swift resolution to these murders well I cannot confirm the identities the cause of death or other investigative details I can tell you at this time it appears that this is a targeted isolated incident finally I want to personally like to ask anyone with information about this crime to contact the Loy RCMP at either 780 888400 or 911 if you wish to remain anonymous you can contact Crim Stoppers at 1 1800222 8477 again this number is 1 1800222 tips tips now I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have uh I can't confirm that was this their residence or was do we know if they resided at this address or were they at at at this time I can't devolve I can't dissolve get into any of the actual investigative it's still in its infancy right now what's the relationship between the three I can't confirm that right now and can you tell us whether they are men women I can't get into the actual investigative steps it's it's right at its infancy right now and you're calling these murders but you're also saying that there's no immediate concern for Public Safety I feel like the public might see those as sort contradictory can you just share with us yeah and and I say that this is a target not an isolate it's not a random incident the suspect or suspects are still at large so I do understand the concern by the community but this is not a random incident that we believe at this time we I can't get into the actual investigation at this time again I can't get into the details of the specifics are no what do you have to say to folks who again I know that you're saying this is not a random incident but the suspects are still large not immediately Ser again it's related to the not Randomness this is a we believe this is a target incident that somebody came to this location or some peoples came to this location specifically do you no unfortunately I don't again I I wouldn't I I don't know any of the investigative steps on that or sorry the intricacies of the investigation so I can't say it's related to drug at all what are some of the specialized units that are coming to the that we might see more of right now we have the crime the major crime unit out of uh Edmonton Alberta and then we have Traffic Safety units in town and we have uh a they're called the Tactical support group it's the Saskatchewan side is it the Saskatchewan side is the combined traffic Services Unit there's people online say that this was a father two son I cannot confirm anything on the details of the of the identities as I said we responded at 5:51 p.m. last night right there's autopsies going to be ongoing and that's over the next two days so I can't confirm men of death or anything at this time pardon me sorry of how long it may have been deceased no I can't get into that was this the first being check that this I'm not sure and was it a wellbe check specifically for one person all three individuals or just for it was just a report of a well-being check Brian part of the street was roped off yes can you expand on that why that that was just to secure the scene for our investigative teams we St Le moving things in and out today can you just share a little bit about what they may have been looking for what they are moving in and out I can't speak for the investigation itself going on at the town or at the at the location cuz I wasn't there so you know as as any incident occurs we're going to be looking for evidence of of the offenses and what are the next steps you said autopsies it'll be it'll start with the autopsies and we're still going to carry on with investigative and interviewing people neighbor inquiries video all all those things inspector in your entire career have you ever seen an incident like this and is there any parallel that we can draw that could maybe calm concerns down in in our community as I say when we talk about it it's it's a it's a tough comment always when we say the public is under risk and I appreciate your your comments on that and yes I have I involved in in a few of these over trip over my yes it's been around for quite some time in a different location um all I can indicate is that that it it's it's not a random act this isn't somewhere where we're looking at at this time it doesn't appear to be a random act so we're not the general public is if they're not involved in this type of activity or any types of criminal activity and I'm again I'm not saying these were criminals at all I don't I I don't know the investigation but generally it's when it's targeted there's there's a reason what that reason is that's what the investigation has to determine can you recall anytime serving here in Lloyd that you had something this serious happen no GE you us a sense of large scope that you're looking at GE the investigation will tell us that and unfortunately I don't know the details it could be local it could be exterior it could be it could be any it could be a number of things again I don't have that information and I and I couldn't get into it if I did that works works thank you you're in the clar so yeah no worries thank you now I'll let my French counterpart you might have to duck down yeah that won't work yeah don't worry do I get a mic as well or just this one sounds good but again I I can't say but the reality is I mean they're going [Music] to ask that's fine don't worry I'll just ask you those questions and then sounds good which one yours and they'll be asking French or English just to make sure so unfortunately my questions are going to so I'll answer in French for you if you could yeah of course okay so if you wouldn't mind just um telling us your first and last name and spelling Absolut and come no and you can tell us what happened at this particular of course I can yeah don't worry and Rel what we wereing inspector earlier is that there's no need concern for public but he did mention that suspects are still at large can you help the public understand how um and what do you say to the community who seeing what's happening here here's about three people dead are and our anything else you like my pleasure