{"id":663352,"date":"2026-05-12T00:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663352\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T00:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:33:14","slug":"slain-rocky-view-county-worker-was-shot-three-times-pathologist-tells-calgary-jury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663352\/","title":{"rendered":"Slain Rocky View County worker was shot three times, pathologist tells Calgary jury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rocky View County worker Colin Hough<\/a> was shot three times after slowing down to investigate a burning stolen pickup truck east of Calgary, a pathologist said Monday.<\/p>\n

But only one of the bullets was fatal, Dr. Caylea Foster told a Court of King\u2019s Bench jury.<\/p>\n

Foster testified she conducted an autopsy on Hough the day after he was shot at the intersection of Township Road 250 and Range Road 282 east of Calgary.<\/p>\n

She told Crown prosecutor Photini Papadatou she found six bullet wounds on Hough\u2019s body, three entry wounds and three exit wounds.<\/p>\n

Foster labelled the injuries A to F, but acknowledged during cross-examination that she could not determine the order of the wounds.<\/p>\n

But she said the injury she labeled C on its entry and F on its exit was the one that cost Hough his life.<\/p>\n

That bullet struck Hough in the left chest, hit the fourth rib on his left side, causing a fracture of that bone, hit the upper lobe of his left chest and \u201cperforated \u2026 the sac that surrounds the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt struck the right side of the heart and created a large gaping hole,\u201d Foster said.<\/p>\n

Charged with second-degree murder in Hough\u2019s Aug. 6, 2024, killing are Elijah Blake Strawberry and Arthur Wayne Penner.<\/p>\n

The doctor said the injury to Hough\u2019s heart would have caused massive internal bleeding, with nearly a litre of blood being found in his abdominal cavities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat amount of blood, approximately a litre or so, is considered significant. You\u2019re essentially bleeding out into your own cavities,\u201d Foster said.<\/p>\n

She said the wound would have caused Hough\u2019s death \u201con the order of minutes, or less.\u201d<\/p>\n

Related<\/p>\n

The pathologist told Papadatou that Hough received two other bullet wounds, neither of which would have been fatal.<\/p>\n

One of those struck the right side of Hough\u2019s upper back and exited through his right shoulder, while the other entered his left arm and exited through his chest.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Hough\u2019s cause of death was the gunshot wound of the chest.\u201d<\/p>\n

During cross-examination by defence lawyers Rebecca Snukal and Alexandra Seaman, the witness agreed she could not determine the intent of the shooter or shooters at the time Hough was injured.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot say what a shooter was aiming at?\u201d Snukal asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d Foster said.<\/p>\n

The doctor also agreed not all bullet wounds are fatal.<\/p>\n

And she told Seaman Hough may not have immediately collapsed.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheoretically the decedent would have been able to run \u2026 for a very short period of time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

KMartin@postmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n

X: @KMartinCourts<\/a><\/p>\n