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A man was charged with first-degree murder Saturday, in relation to fatal shooting that happened in northern Alberta more than three years ago, police say.
In July 2023, RCMP officers were dispatched to a home on the Child Lake reserve, one of two that make up Beaver Lake First Nation, where they found a dead man who had been shot, police said in a news release Sunday.
Further investigation found that the victim, a 48-year-old man, died from the wound, the release said.
The Alberta RCMP’s major crimes unit took on the investigation and, on Saturday, police arrested a 21-year-old man who lives on the reserve, the release said.
The accused was remanded into custody after appearing before a justice of the peace, police said.
His next court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 1, at the Court of Justice in High Level, Alta., a town west of the Child Lake reserve, roughly 600 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.