Security guard killed at Edmonton apartment building

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a security guard in central Edmonton on Friday morning.

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a security guard in central Edmonton on Friday morning.

Emergency crews were called to an apartment building at 107 Avenue and 106 Street at 12:30 a.m. where a 20-year-old man was found unresponsive.

The man, who was working as a security guard at the building, was taken to hospital by EMS where he was declared dead.

A resident of the building said she heard a bang around 12:30 a.m. before she was summoned by a neighbour.

"Another lady come out and basically said that she needed my help because the security guard was down on the floor. When I went out, he was down on the landing of the floor," Tammi Comeau said Friday morning.

"He still had his cell phone in his hand, and you could tell, I could tell, that he was probably not going to make it."

Comeau said police arrived shortly afterwards.