
Man who let Edmonton police into apartment building recalls deadly shooting
Global News
The man who let two police constables into an apartment building Thursday morning and a woman who witnessed the aftermath of the deadly shooting share what they experienced.
Phillip Dunn lives in the suite directly above the apartment where two Edmonton police constables were shot and killed Thursday morning.
In the early morning hours, he was standing in his kitchen when police officers started shining a flashlight into his window.
Dunn said they were trying to get his attention. He noticed they were standing outside with his neighbour, so he went downstairs to let them in.
“They thanked me for letting them in and they said: ‘You can go back to your unit, sir. Don’t bother about us.’
“They knocked on the door and the guy just opened the door and starting shooting.”
Dunn got back inside his suite and, within “a matter of minutes,” there was a huge police presence.
Linda Fjeldsted saw flashing lights from her apartment next door. Her window faces the shared parking lot.
“We looked out and so many police, so much stuff going on, police running in different directions,” she recalled.