2 dead, 1 injured in SE stabbing

[Acey]

Originally Posted by @NewsTalk770

.@CalgaryPolice confirm 2 women are dead & a 3rd was taken to hospital after stabbing on Penbrooke Drive SE. Police say suspect fled the scene but was arrested short time later. Incident not believed to be random.

Calgary Police now confirming a double homicide in the SE. Two women believed to be in their 30s.

Neighbour ran to the aid of one victim, laying on the ground outside the home but she died there. The second victim died in hospital.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Acey

What's going on, Calgary?

[Acey]

Originally Posted by nik-

As a Calgarian, I don't like these stabbings. Do you not feel the same?

[Pizza]

Originally Posted by nik-

so... you think stabbings are such a regular occurance in Calgary where we should be desensitized to the news?

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Acey

As a Calgarian, I don't like these stabbings. Do you not feel the same?

Well, that Brentwood one was the type of odd/messed up, mass stabbing tragedy that we may not see the likes of for decades.

So I think his point was that you're kind of combining that one with this, which is a domestic or "known to eachother" incident, which we see one of this magnitude per year, give or take, and you're making it sound like the city is going to ****.

I think in terms of our city's safety and level of violent incidents, you can pretty much remove the Brentwood stabbing. It's not a sign of violence on the rise in Calgary or an indication of a lack of safety here. It was a one off event that we may never see the likes of again in our lifetime in this city.

[Regulator75]

I think we've now taken the title from Stabmonton.

Not good.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by flameswin

It was a one off event that we may never see the likes of again in our lifetime in this city.

Of that I'm sure, but my "what's going on" was simply in reference to the proximity in time of these two events in which lives were taken no matter the reasoning, and not referring to the city going down the drain because, as you say, this latter incident is relatively uncommon and the former unlikely to happen again.

[PeteLFan]

I know the people that live in the duplex in the pinkish coloured house, checking with my family if it was anyone in that home that was involved.

Confirmed.

[PeteLFan]

Sickening if true what I've heard, but I can confirm the person killed his wife there was a child, but I am not sure if they where involved or not at this point.

[Acey]

Jesus. Guy in Spruce Grove just killed his wife and the mother of five children. Man.

[trackercowe]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

I think we've now taken the title from Stabmonton.

Not good.

It's Deadmonton, please get your facts straight next time. We take our title quite seriously thank you very much.

[puckluck2]

Originally Posted by PeteLFan

Sickening if true what I've heard, but I can confirm the person killed his wife there was a child, but I am not sure if they where involved or not at this point.

Was there a daughter?

[PeteLFan]

Originally Posted by puckluck2

Was there a daughter?

Yes, not injured though from what I understand. The person who killed was a tenant who killed his wife, injured a landlord, not sure about the 3rd person.

[CaptainCrunch]

Jesus is there a full moon or something like that.

One theory that I've heard is that as quality of life and individual wealth increases so do violent incidents due to alcohol and recreational drugs and fear and frustration increasing.

I don't know if its true, but its pretty disturbing to see how the first 6 months have gone in this city.

[Regulator75]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

It's Deadmonton, please get your facts straight next time. We take our title quite seriously thank you very much.

While Deadmonton is more commonly known and accepted, Stabmonton became popular a few years back when they were knifing people left, right and centre.

It's all good, Edmonton still sucks.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Jesus is there a full moon or something like that.

One theory that I've heard is that as quality of life and individual wealth increases so do violent incidents due to alcohol and recreational drugs and fear and frustration increasing.

I don't know if its true, but its pretty disturbing to see how the first 6 months have gone in this city.

aside from the fact that violent crime is down everywhere in the 1st world.

[Ahuch]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Jesus is there a full moon or something like that.

One theory that I've heard is that as quality of life and individual wealth increases so do violent incidents due to alcohol and recreational drugs and fear and frustration increasing.

I don't know if its true, but its pretty disturbing to see how the first 6 months have gone in this city.

People seem to be more stressed, stagnant salaries with rising expenses, longer commutes, longer working hours, more temp/contract jobs... It seems like everywhere I go nowadays everybody is in a huge rush.

No idea if that has anything to do with this but it's concerning to me nonetheless!

[puckluck2]

The good old days where we burnt people alive because they were witches and gassed millions of people because of their ethnicity..

[1stLand]

I wonder what compels someone to kill their wife.

You never hear of a reason, but I am wondering if common themes are:

- Money
- Divorce
- Cheating

[T@T]

Originally Posted by 1stLand

I wonder what compels someone to kill their wife.

You never hear of a reason, but I am wondering if common themes are:

- Money
- Divorce
- Cheating

Reverse the order and it would fit a lot of them.