RCMP investigating after 3 people found dead in Lloydminster

Alberta RCMP are investigating the deaths of three people in Lloydminster, Sask. 

In a statement Thursday, RCMP said the Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit is leading the investigation.

Few details have been released. There is no risk to public safety, RCMP said. 

As of Thursday afternoon, investigators remained at the scene. Yellow police tape surrounded a small green bungalow flanked by overgrown trees.

A man wearing blue medical gloves walked through the home’s front yard near a grey car parked in the driveway. 

In an advisory at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, RCMP said they were responding to an unfolding incident and advised of a heavy police presence in the city’s core.

RCMP said officers were conducting an investigation in the area of 50th Street and 47th Avenue, a few blocks east of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border that cuts through Lloydminster’s downtown. 

They said the incident posed no risk to the public and that an update would be issued when more details became available.

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