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A 13-year-old boy was dropped off at St. Paul’s hospital in Saskatoon on Saturday morning with life-threatening injuries, according to Saskatoon police.
At around 4:50 a.m. on June 21, police were informed about the victim, who had a gunshot wound. Police said the shooting may have happened in the 400 block of Avenue W South.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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Saskatoon’s 6th homicide
Saskatoon police are investigating the city’s sixth homicide of 2025. Major Crime and Forensic Identification detectives were called to a disturbance in the 700 block of Weldon Avenue in the King George neighbourhood around 1:25 a.m. on June 23.
Officers arrived to find at 53-year-old woman dead at the scene. A 32-year-old man was arrested.
Police say more information will be released when available.
Saskatoon Homicides of 2025
Saskatoon’s first homicide of 2025 occurred on Jan. 20 when a 23-year-old man was found by police suffering from multiple stab wounds at a business in the 3900 block of Millar Avenue.
SPS arrested a 53-year-old man near 2nd Avenue South and Spadina Crescent East and charged him with first-degree murder.
The city’s second homicide was on April 20, when officers were called to an apartment building in the city’s Holiday Park neighbourhood, where a man was found dead just after noon on Easter Sunday. No arrests have been made.
The third murder recorded was on May 17, when a 20-year-old man was shot at a motel in the 2000 block of Avenue B North, believed to be Riviera Motor Inn, around 5 a.m. on May 17.
Police charged a 27-year-old man with first-degree murder and were looking for a second “armed and dangerous” suspect whom they named as 26-year-old Lawrence Opikowew, in connection with the shooting.
The fourth homicide of the year happened just a day later on May 18, when police were called to Avenue B South and Spadina Crescent around 11 p.m. after receiving a report of a person suffering from a stab wound. A 43-year-old man was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
Human remains found near Highway 7 on June 4, have been identified as 31-year-old Chad Romanski of Saskatoon.
Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said in a news release on June 9 that Romanski’s death is being treated as a homicide, the city’s fifth of 2025.
Saskatoon saw 15 homicides in 2024.
Weekend stabbing
A 46-year-old Saskatoon man is recovering after a stabbing early Saturday morning.
Police were called to the 500 block of Avenue X South at around 1:45 a.m. on June 21.
The injured man was found at the scene and taken to hospital. A 26-year-old man was located at the apartment building and taken into custody. He is charged with aggravated assault.
