Police tape surrounds City Hall Square in Saskatoon on Oct. 31, 2026 where a 21-year-old man died in what police are calling the city's 11th homicide of 2026. (Phil Wood/650 CKOM)(Phil Cook/650 CKOM)

Saskatoon City Hall security review finds ‘no risk’ after homicide

By CKOM News Nov 1, 2026 | 4:13 PM

The City of Saskatoon said on Monday there was no risk to city staff or the public as the homicide investigation into the death of a man found outside of City Hall over the weekend.

The 21-year-old man who was found dead in City Hall Square on Saturday afternoon is the victim in Saskatoon’s 11th homicide of 2026.

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“Our thoughts and sympathies are with the family and friends of the deceased man,” the city said in its statement. “City security officials determined following the incident there was and is no risk to city staff or the public.”

To preserve the integrity of the police investigation, the city said it “must decline speaking further” on the matter.

Saskatoon Police Service said in a news release on Nov. 1 that officers were called to area around the Saskatoon Cenotaph in the 200 block of 3rd Avenue North just after 1 p.m. on Oct. 31.

Police and paramedics found the man dead and are calling it a homicide, police said.

A statement on Monday from Josh Grella, spokesperson for SPS, said police do not have any additional information to provide. The matter remains under investigation, according to police.

Anyone with information on the case was asked to contact police.

Previous homicide investigations in 2026

The first homicide of 2026 was a 25-year-old man with stab wounds who died at St Paul’s Hospital on Feb. 3. An 18-year-old man was charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault on Feb. 7. His charges were later downgraded on Feb. 27 to being an accessory after the fact to manslaughter, accessory after the fact to aggravated assault, public mischief and obstruction of justice.

The second killing saw a man die after a shooting in the 900 block of 22nd Street West on March 14. A 17-year-old boy was then charged on March 17 with second-degree murder, using a firearm while committing an indictable offence and possessing a firearm while prohibited.

The city’s third homicide was investigated after a 61-year-old woman died in a house fire in the 400 block of Avenue I South on April 3. No arrests have been made.

The fourth killing was a 39-year-old man who died in hospital after being found unresponsive on Avenue X South just before 4 a.m. on April 6. Police have made no arrests.

A suspicious death investigation after Saskatoon police found a body in an apartment on the 1100 block of Avenue W North on April 15, was then upgraded to a homicide, police said on April 27, making it the city’s fifth murder of the year. No arrests have been made.

Saskatoon Police Service said the death of 55-year-old Wray Musqua, who was found unresponsive in 2200 block of 22nd Street on April 24 and died in hospital on April 25 was the city’s sixth homicide.

The city’s seventh killing of the year saw a 42-year-old woman charged with second-degree murder after the body of 77-year-old Dory Cook was found inside a Pleasant Hill home on May 3.

Saskatoon’s eighth homicide was on July 30 when police said a 24-year-old Odell Angus died after being found injured in the 200 block of Avenue V South.

The ninth was recorded on Aug. 11 after police officers found a man’s body on Aug. 13 while conducting a welfare check at an apartment on 17th Street West.

The 10th homicide of the year was on Sept. 26 when an injured man found near the intersection of 71st Street East and Lipsett Crescent died.

Saskatoon had eight homicides in 2025.

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