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No homicide charge in killing of 13-year-old boy at Edmonton LRT station; Crown says stabber was attacked, acted in self-defence

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Eric Omeasoo , 13 , died of a stab wound at MacEwan LRT station in early February .

He was part of a group of four youths and an 18-year-old that attacked a man and woman sheltering at the station.

The Alberta Crown Prosecution Service analyzed the case and “determined there is no reasonable likelihood of conviction due to evidence that the murder was committed in self-defence.

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