Security guard dead after gunshot call at central Edmonton apartment building

Homicide detectives are investigating after a 20-year-old man who working as a security guard was fatally injured inside a central Edmonton apartment building early Friday.

Police say the man was found unresponsive in a stairwell after officers were called to respond to a gunshot inside the building in the area of 106th Street and 107th Avenue.

The man was found after police arrived at the scene around 12:30 a.m.

He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. 

Homicide section detectives have taken over the investigation. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.

Investigators are encouraging anyone with information about the death to contact them. 

Police remain at the scene of the apartment building at 10603 107th Ave. in the Central McDougall neighbourhood.