Edmonton police say charges have been laid in connection to a fatal stabbing in north central Edmonton on Sunday.

EPS says on Sunday, officers were called to 118 Avenue and 97 Street around 12:15 a.m. for reports of a stabbing.

They arrived to find an injured man. He was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital, where he died.


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An autopsy was conducted Wednesday and identified the man as 30-year-old Tjijandjeua Gift Tjaveondja. The autopsy determined the man died from a stab wound to the chest.

Police have since taken 31-year-old Dakota Johnson into custody.

Johnson has been charged with second-degree murder and assault with a weapon.

Lastly, police add Tjaveondja and Johnson were not known to each other prior to the fatal stabbing.



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