Mother identifies Kade Lee, 25, as man shot on 20th Street outside St. Mary's church in Saskatoon
Lee is city's 8th homicide victim of 2024
A Saskatoon mother is trying to find out why her 25-year-old son was shot to death on 20th Street W. early Tuesday morning.
Linda Lee identified her son Kade Lee as the man shot just after midnight CST outside St. Mary's church.
"All I know is I went home and my doors are wide open and a cop showed up about 20 minutes later telling me my kid was shot and he's dead," she said in an interview.
Linda said her son was involved in gangs — "who isn't around here, right?" — but she doesn't know whether the shooting was connected.
"He was a good kid, but yeah, he was getting mixed up doing stuff. But I mean, not to the point where it's like this."
In a news release, police said officers were called the 200 block of Avenue O S. at around 12:50 a.m. CST.
"Upon arrival, officers located a 25-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was taken to the Royal University Hospital where he was pronounced dead."
It is the eighth homicide of 2024 in Saskatoon.
Linda said it had been a rough couple of years for her son.
"He's really sad for his brother, his second oldest brother passing away two years ago. He killed himself. So I mean, in his last Facebook page, it even says, you know, like brother, I'll be seeing you soon."
Police are still investigating.
Area residents said they heard yelling before police arrived just before 1 a.m. CST, but they couldn't say for sure what happened.
Shayla Shingoose, who lives across the street, said she saw police vehicles from her window before she went to bed.
She said such occurrences have become common to her in a year of living in the area.
"It's kind of scary to walk around here during the night. I mostly just stay home," she said.
Another resident who lives in Shingoose's building said she was warned about the neighbourhood before moving into her new place.
"I wouldn't walk around here at night time by myself," said Alexa Roland, who came from Regina about a month ago. "We mostly don't go anywhere at nighttime."
Shingoose said she hasn't seen similar activities in other areas of the city.
"In this part, we buddy-up whenever we go out," she said.
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With files from Jason Warick