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An arrest has been made in Saskatoon’s sixth homicide case of the year.
According to the Saskatoon Police Service, 27-year-old Richard Cross was arrested at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre on June 9.
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Cross, who was not named by police initially, is facing charges of manslaughter, unlawful confinement, assault, assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, uttering threats to cause death, aggravated assault and numerous weapons-related charges.
In a news release issued on April 26, police said officers on patrol were called to the 2200 block of 22nd Street, in the Mount Royal neighbourhoodaround, at 10:55 p.m. on Friday, April 24, after getting a report of an injured person.
Police said the officers found a 55-year-old man at the scene who was unresponsive. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died the following day.
Cross was scheduled to appear in Saskatoon Provincial Court on Wednesday. His bail hearing is set for June 18.
Saskatoon homicides in 2026
The city’s first homicide of 2026 was a 25-year-old man with stab wounds who died at St Paul’s Hospital on Feb. 3. An 18-year-old man was charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault on Feb. 7. His charges were later downgraded on Feb. 27 to being an accessory after the fact to manslaughter, accessory after the fact to aggravated assault, public mischief and obstruction of justice.
The second killing saw a man die after a shooting in the 900 block of 22nd Street West on March 14. A 17-year-old boy was then charged on March 17 with second-degree murder, using a firearm while committing an indictable offence and possessing a firearm while prohibited.
The city’s third homicide was investigated after a 61-year-old woman died in a house fire in the 400 block of Avenue I South on April 3. No arrests have been made.
The fourth killing was a 39-year-old man who died in hospital after being found unresponsive on Avenue X South just before 4 a.m. on April 6. Police have made no arrests.
A suspicious death investigation after Saskatoon police found a body in an apartment on the 1100 block of Avenue W North on April 15, was then upgraded to a homicide, police said on April 27, making it the city’s fifth homicide investigation of the year. No arrests have been made.
The Saskatoon Police Service said the death of 55-year-old Wray Musqua, who was found unresponsive in 2200 block of 22nd Street on April 24 and died in hospital on April 25 was the city’s sixth homicide case of the year.
The city’s seventh homicide investigation of the year saw a 42-year-old woman charged with second-degree murder after the body of 77-year-old Dory Cook was found inside a Pleasant Hill home on May 3.
Saskatoon had eight homicide investigations in 2025.
–with files from 650 CKOM’s Mia Holowaychuk
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include the name of the accused.
