EDMONTON — Around midnight Thursday, five G4S employees drove to HUB Mall on the University of Alberta campus to deliver cash. Now three are dead, one is critically wounded, and one is wanted by police.
While the exact time of the shooting is still unclear, here’s a brief timeline of the events after.
Three people were shot and killed at the University of Alberta HUB Mall early morning Friday June 15, 2012 in Edmonton. A fourth victim was sent to hospital with critical injuries. |
Timeline
12:30 a.m. — Students around the University of Alberta begin posting on Twitter about hearing sirens, a helicopter and loud banging noises. Some students report they are on a “lockdown.”
— Students in dorm rooms above the indoor shopping street hear a man screaming and watch police break through a heavy door. They pull out the injured man and two bodies. Another victim’s body is found lying outside the building, face down in a pool of blood.
12:36 a.m. — Cameras at the Edmonton Journal’s Eastgate printing plant on 50th Street record video of a blue G4S truck driving past. The truck is later found parked on the road a few blocks away, outside the G4S compound.
Police later request copies of the video.
12:48 a.m. — Students search for answers. @elisa_mostdope posts on Twitter: “Hi, I am in the basement of HUB and there is a shooter upstairs. Can you please tell me what is going on?”
About 1 a.m. — U of A provost Carl Amrhein gets a call from police regarding the shooting and mobilizes the university’s crisis management team.
1:20 a.m. — Police confirm three people are dead and a fourth victim is in critical condition.
1:33 a.m. — News of the shooting starts to dominate the Twitter conversation. @mariam_di, the handle for Journal reporter Mariam Ibrahim on scene, becomes the first shooting-related word to trend in Edmonton, followed shortly by HUB.
2:10 a.m. — Official U of A Twitter account posts first alert: “#ualberta people are unharmed. HUB in lockdown — avoid the area.”
3:23 a.m. — Official U of A Twitter account posts: “#ualberta Armoured car robbery in HUB Mall earlier. Edm Police on scene. HUB locked down. Exams & other business proceeding as scheduled.”
3:28 a.m. — U of A posts an emergency alert on its website: “Armoured car robbery on campus in HUB Mall. Edmonton police are on scene.”
6:49 a.m. — Reached in Toronto, G4S company spokeswoman Robin Steinberg says: “Nothing like this has happened before. I’ve been with G4S for five and a half years and nothing even close to this. This is just horrific.”
9:04 a.m. — Mayor Stephen Mandel posts: “Condolences to everyone touched by the fatal robbery/shooting at #UAlberta. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. #yeg #senselesstragedy”
10 a.m. — Neighbours watch police surround a home in Sherwood Park.
11:05 a.m. — Edmonton police release a photo of Travis Brandon Baumgartner, 21, and declare him a person of interest, asking the public to watch for his dark-blue Ford F-150 truck with licence number ZRE 724.
2:50 p.m. — A couple leaves flowers at the scene of the abandoned G4S truck and notes for Matt, Michelle, Brian and Eddie.
3 p.m. — Edmonton police announce they are in the process of filing warrants for the arrest of Baumgartner, 21, on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.
4 p.m. — The shooting victims are publicly identified. Michelle Shegelski, Brian Ilesic and Eddie Rejano died of their wounds. Matthew Schumam was in critical condition in hospital.
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