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By The Canadian Press
Alberta

Crown plans to downgrade murder charge for suspect in Alberta roadside shooting

Oct 10, 2024 | 2:24 PM

The Crown will be downgrading the murder charge for one of two men arrested after a deadly roadside shooting near Calgary in August.

Thirty-five-year-old Arthur Wayne Penner was originally charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

But the prosecution has indicated in court Penner will now be facing trial on second-degree murder instead.

The second suspect, 28-year-old Elijah Blake Strawberry, was arrested at a residence in O’Chiese First Nation last month and charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder.

They were caught after a manhunt that began Aug. 6 following the fatal shooting of one man and the wounding of another who were working along a roadway in Rocky View County, east of Calgary, when a county truck was stolen from the scene.

The two men, who will be tried together and will be back in court Oct. 17.

(The Canadian Press)

by The Canadian Press