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Police have laid charges in connection with a man’s death in a park in Calgary’s Beltline on the weekend.
Officers were called to Tomkins Park at Eighth Street and 17th Avenue S.W. just after 5 p.m. on Saturday for reports of an assault.
When police arrived, they found a man in medical distress. He died at the scene.
Police took one man into custody.
On Monday, police said Danny James Turkitch, 68, has been charged with manslaughter.
He is set to appear in court on June 24.
Following an autopsy on Monday, the victim has been identified as 67-year-old Howard Gordon Hunter.