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.
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