Man shot 2 weeks earlier in same Edmonton building where security guard slain

A man was shot in the same Central McDougall building just weeks before a security guard was gunned down on Dec. 6.

On Nov. 21 around 4:54 a.m., patrol officers responded to a reported shooting at the apartment building at 106th Street and 107th Avenue.

"Upon arrival, police located an adult male who had been shot. EMS responded, treated and transported the male to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries," Carolin Maran, spokesperson for police, wrote in an email to CBC News.

Police continue to investigate.

Fifteen days later they were back to find the lifeless body of Harshandeep Singh, 20, in the building's lobby.

Evan Chase Rain and Judith Saulteaux, both 30, are facing first-degree murder charges. 

Police were not able to provide information by deadline about the number of times and types of calls officers have responded to at the property recently, but anecdotally tenants, retailers and community members have told CBC News it is a frequent occurrence.

Last May, a proposal by police prompted the city to review the property's business licence.

"The review resulted in several conditions being imposed on the business to help address criminal activity and disorder on the premises, deficiencies in building management, maintenance, and security," Tania Gonzalez, a city spokesperson, wrote in en email.

A residential inspection safety compliance team is now monitoring the property while city enforcement officers, alongside police, Occupational Health and Safety and Alberta Health Services work with the owner to bring the site into compliance, Gonzalez said.

Businesses that violate conditions are subject to fines.

The city wouldn't say what those conditions were but retailers showed CBC News where security cameras had been installed while a security guard began patrolling the site.

Singh, an aspiring police officer who was studying business administration at NorQuest College, was killed on his third day on the job, while patrolling by himself.

"It was a hundred per cent avoidable tragedy without question," said John McDermid, a certified protection professional in Edmonton whose experience in the field spans 26 years, including five years training security guards.