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Edmonton homicide police were investigating a Friday morning shooting in the city’s northwest that left one man dead.

Responding to a weapons complaint, police went to the house at 171 Avenue and 126 Street in the Rapperswill neighbourhood Friday just after 7:30 a.m.

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Neighbours said they heard shots being fired and upon arrival police found a man on the ground suffering gunshot wounds.

Paramedics attempted CPR, but the man died at the scene.

“I thought something fell down in the house,” said Abdul Ameer Ilkhassak who lives on the street where the shooting happened, describing hearing a banging noise. He later realized it was outside, and said the police came to ask him if he had seen anything.

One family decided to leave the area, shaken after the shooting. Iissan, who didn’t want to share his last name, said his wife heard a woman yell for help and then saw a van drive off.

“It was very fast,” he said.