An emergency alert has been issued as Calgary police search for a man they say is armed, dangerous and suspected of being involved in the deaths of his wife and her father.
An Alberta Emergency Alert issued just after noon Monday said there is a dangerous man armed with a firearm in the areas of northwest Calgary and Bearspaw.
The suspect — Benedict Kaminski, 38 — is six feet tall with brown and grey hair and was last seen wearing a grey, red and white shirt, driving a 2022 black Nissan Pathfinder with Alberta plate CLN 5276.
Benedict Kaminski, 38, is wanted by Calgary police.
Calgary Police Service
That’s the same vehicle and plates Calgary police said it believed to be driven by the spouse of one of the victims found dead on Sunday night.
Initially, police said there was no threat to public safety as the deaths were believed to be targeted and domestic in nature — however that changed on Monday afternoon.
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The Calgary Police Service issued the dangerous person alert for the city and surrounding area in relation to the suspect believed to be involved in the double homicide that occurred on Sunday, Dec. 29, in the communities of Kincora and Tuscany.
Police believe Kaminski could be in northwest Calgary or near the Bearspaw area.
Residents in the communities of Bearspaw, Rocky Ridge, Tuscany and surrounding areas, are asked to be on the alert.
“Do not open the door to strangers and if you see the suspect do not approach and call 9-1-1 immediately,” police said.
Anyone with information about this incident or who knows the whereabouts of the suspect is asked to contact police.
The Calgary police homicide unit is investigating after a man and a woman, believed to be a father and daughter, were found dead at two different locations on Sunday night.
Police said at about 9:30 p.m. they responded to reports of a person in medical distress on Kincora Grove N.W. Officers arrived and found a man in his 70s dead.
Later in the evening, police found a woman in her 30s — believed to be the man’s daughter — dead in the 300 block of Tuscany Ridge Heights N.W.
No arrests have been made.
Autopsies are scheduled for Friday, Jan. 3.
With files from The Canadian Press
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