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Knecht has stressed the public is not in danger. “These events do not appear to be gang-related, but rather tragic incidents of domestic violence.”

The series of events began at 6:52 p.m. Monday when police were called to a residence in the Haddow neighbourhood in south Edmonton where they say a man entered the home, and shot and killed a woman with a 9-mm handgun, before fleeing.

At the time, police said the death occurred in a “family setting.”

Late Tuesday, police identified the woman as Cyndi Duong, 37. An autopsy confirmed she died of a gunshot wound.

Neighbours say Duong and her husband, David Luu, had three children ages six to 13. A grandmother also lived at the house — government documents list a 59-year-old woman, Huong Lam, as a resident at the home.

On Wednesday morning, a small memorial with a red heart, pink flowers and a handful of candles was outside the home on Haswell Court. Four cars were parked outside the home, and the man who answered the door would not comment on the deaths. Two women later came out of the house with the man, loaded the trunks of the cars with belongings and drove away.

Most neighbours said they didn’t know the family and didn’t didn’t see or hear anything unusual on Monday night.

It’s unclear what ties the family to the gruesome homicide scene in north Edmonton. But it seems someone at the house recognized the shooter Monday night because at that time, police said they had information on the suspect but he was not in custody.