Police investigate Saskatoon's 3rd homicide of the year

Saskatoon police are investigating the city's third homicide of the year after a 20-year-old man was fatally shot early Saturday morning.

Officers with the Saskatoon Police Service responded to a call at around 5 a.m. on May 17 at a motel in the 2000 block of Avenue B North, where they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was transported to hospital but later died from his injuries.

A 27-year-old man has since been arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Police have not yet released his name.