‘Murder was committed in self-defense’: No charge in death of 13-year-old at LRT station, EPS says

The Edmonton Police Service says charges won't be laid in the fatal stabbing of an Edmonton teen at an LRT station last month.

Charges will not be laid in the death of 13-year-old Eric Omeasoo, the Edmonton Police Service announced on Tuesday.

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Omeasoo was fatally stabbed at MacEwan LRT Station shortly before midnight on Feb. 5.

He was with a group of teens that was involved in an altercation with a 34-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman, who EPS describe as “two members of the vulnerable inner-city community.”

A 15-year-old girl, a 14-year-old girl, a 14-year-old boy and Destynd Jackson, 18, have been charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, possession with a weapon dangerous to the public in connection with the assault.

EPS said in a release on Tuesday that the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service has determined there is no likelihood of conviction in the Omeasoo killing due to the “evidence that the murder was committed in self-defense.”

As such, no charges will be laid in the teen’s death.

Omeasoo’s family has described him as a kind and funny boy who loved sports and spending time with family.