CALGARY — A man wanted in a double homicide in Calgary was found dead in an area outside the city, police said Monday.
An emergency alert was issued in the afternoon for 38-year-old Benedict Kaminski, describing him as armed and dangerous.
Later in the day, police said tips from the public pointed officers to the Water Valley area, roughly 80 kilometres northwest of Calgary.
Kaminski was found dead near his vehicle.
The bodies of a woman in her 30s and a man in his 70s were discovered Sunday at two different locations in Calgary.
The victims are believed to be Kaminski's wife and her father, said Insp. Lee Wayne with the police major crimes section.
Wayne previously told reporters Monday that investigators were working to determine a motive for the killings, but they were believed to be targeted.
Kaminski was not previously known to police and had no prior criminal convictions, he said.
Police have not said how the victims died, but Wayne said Kaminski was a licensed gun owner who had access to firearms.
He said the timeline of the killings was unclear.
Officers were first called late Sunday to a home in the Kincora neighbourhood, where the man was found dead.
"We subsequently went to an address in Tuscany where there was additional concerns raised by family members, and that's where we found the female deceased," Wayne said.
Police released a photo of Kaminski and were searching for his black 2022 Nissan Pathfinder.
Wayne said other family members were safe and receiving support.
Autopsies for the victims are scheduled for Friday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 30, 2024.
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