An innocent victim and a robbery suspect are both dead after Edmonton police opened fire on a suspected gunman late Wednesday.

Police responded to an armed robbery at a liquor store in the area of 113th Street and 104th Avenue downtown around 6:25 p.m., Edmonton Police Service Chief Dale McFee told a news conference Thursday.

Officers chased a suspect who fled on foot.

A confrontation took place at 105th Street and 107th Avenue around 7 p.m. The male suspect was fatally wounded. 

A man in a nearby apartment suite was hit by gunfire.

McFee said he was taken to hospital by paramedics