Qisong Zhou, arrested in 'unprovoked' double stabbing in Huntington Hills, lived in home with victims: police
Ayesha Clough | CBC News | Posted: August 16, 2016 11:10 PM | Last Updated: August 17, 2016
Suspect lived at the home, but relationship was 'not domestic in nature', police say
Police have arrested a 50-year-old suspect after a man and woman were seriously wounded in a stabbing at a house in northeast Calgary on Monday morning.
Qisong Zhou — who also lived in the home — has been charged with attempted murder, assault with a weapon and two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
"At this point, it's still early in the investigation, but it appears the attack was unprovoked," Det. Tom Bain said.
Police arrested him around 4 p.m. Tuesday after a tip from the public that he was walking along Deerfoot Trail near Beddington Trail, he added.
Earlier that day, Zhou was captured on CCTV withdrawing money from a Royal Bank in Beddington Heights, in northeast Calgary.
Police say it's too early to establish a motive for the attack, but investigators are speaking to the victims as they recover in hospital.
"He did know the victims. The relationship was not domestic in nature," Bain said.
Police and EMS were called to the home in the 200 block of Huntcroft Road N.E. at about 7:45 a.m. Monday, where they found a man in life-threatening condition and a woman in serious condition.
There were two other adults and three children in the house at the time of the stabbing. None were injured.
One of the children was asleep and the other two were "in a separate suite" so they did not witness the attack, Bain said on Tuesday.
Prior to this, Zhou had no criminal record in Alberta. A court date has not yet been set.
Neighbours told CBC News they heard shouting in the house before police arrived, but were shocked by the violence in the quiet neighbourhood.
"We just don't seem to have that type of trouble, so it's the first I've seen. I've been here since 1971," said neighbour Bill Tanner on Monday.
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