A young offender is facing a first-degree murder charge after a 64-year-old woman was fatally shot in Prince Albert.
Police were called around 9:30 p.m. Sunday to the Crescent Acres area. A woman was in cardiac arrest outside a residence, police said in a media release. She was pronounced dead on scene.
Investigators initially considered the death suspicious, and following an autopsy in Edmonton Wednesday, police said they now consider the incident a homicide.
The victim was identified by police as Marina Thorpe.
The young offender is expected to appear in Prince Albert provincial court Friday.
The incident was not a random act of violence, police said. The victim and the accused were known to each other.
