Male wanted for attempted murder in police custody

CITY POLICE

NEWS RELEASE

During the altercation a male victim received a gunshot wound to the abdomen. 

As a result investigators with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service obtained a warrant of arrest for 35-year-old Alexander Benjamin McKenna.

On November 1, 2013 at 9 a.m., Alexander McKenna of Spadina Ave. attended at the Sault Ste. Marie Police Services building and turned himself in to police.  

McKenna was arrested and charged with the following offences.

• Attempt murder with a firearm
• Pointing a firearm (x3)
• Possession of weapon dangerous to the public
• Unauthorized possession of a weapon
• Use firearm during commission of an offence
• Breach of prohibition order
• Assault with a weapon
• Commission of an offence for a criminal organization

Alexander McKenna will remain in custody pending a bail hearing Monday, November 4, 2013.

We would like to thank the public for their assistance. 

We wish to remind the public that this was not a random act of violence, it was a targeted incident.

The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service will not be releasing any further information on this investigation at this time.