Most Wanted: Edmonton firearms unit helping unlock new details in mass shooting
Global News
A mass shooting in Edmonton left six injured, one man dead and a community in fear. Morgan Black investigates the tragic Ertale Lounge incident.
The Edmonton Police Service’s firearms investigation unit is using new technology to connect seized firearms from older cases to other crimes across Canada.
And for firearms analysts on the team like Kayla, whom Global News is identifying only by her first name for security reasons, the volume is significant.
“It’s just a mass amount of firearms coming in,” she said. “It appears to be never-ending. It’ll just keep coming.”
With its up-and-coming machinery like the Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS), analysts like Kayla are also receiving clues that can help investigators get one step closer to solving sometimes complicated cases.
Kayla says she’s seen upwards of 600 guns pass through the unit while she’s worked there.
“Everyone here is a scientist at heart,” she said. “There’s a lot of background knowledge that’s required in order to do this work, to actually come to conclusions that are necessary for investigators.”
One case in particular that the unit has evaluated is the guns seized from the Ertale Lounge mass shooting in early 2022. At the scene, the police were able to seize three guns, and later charged two suspects; however, one key player remains outstanding.
According to investigators, his name is Saed Osman.
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