Two men found guilty of second-degree murder in random roadside shooting near Calgary - BERITAJA

The woman of an Alberta man gunned down successful a roadside shooting eastbound of Calgary shared an affectional hug pinch the charismatic aft a assemblage recovered 2 men blameworthy of second-degree execution Saturday.

Jurors deliberated for 14 hours earlier concluding Arthur Penner and Elijah Strawberry changeable and killed Colin Hough, 45, an worker of Rocky View County, connected Aug. 6, 2024 connected a agrarian road.

“I emotion you,” Laurie Hough said to charismatic Photini Popadatou arsenic they embraced aft the verdict.

Neither Penner aliases Strawberry seemed amazed astatine the court’s decisions, opinionated pinch their hands clasped successful beforehand of them arsenic the verdicts were read.

Both men were besides recovered blameworthy of 2 counts of equipped robbery, including stealing Hough’s conveyance and attempting to return the conveyance of FortisAlberta surveyor Matthew Andres, who was changeable done the limb astatine the aforesaid location.

Andres was approached by 2 men who were driving a conveyance that appeared to person a level tire. One of the men changeable him done the limb and past demanded his keys and pointed a weapon astatine his head. Andres was capable to fly and watched from a region arsenic the motortruck driven by the 2 accused was group connected occurrence and Hough drove up to investigate.

He said Penner and Strawberry ran toward Hough’s conveyance and started firing astatine it. Hough was deed 3 times and was near connected the road. His conveyance was stolen.

But Andres said the 2 men were masked and he wasn’t capable to positively place them arsenic Penner and Strawberry.

The 2 men were primitively charged pinch attempted execution arsenic well, but Court of King’s Bench Justice Shane Parker withdrew the complaint and acquitted them.

Strawberry and Penner will look a mandatory life condemnation of 25 years. The assemblage was asked for recommendations connected really agelong each man should person to service earlier being eligible for parole.

The results ranged from the minimum of 10 years up to 25 years.

A sentencing day will beryllium wished Oct. 16. Strawberry’s lawyer, Rebecca Snukul, has asked for a forensic intelligence appraisal and a Gladue study for her client.

Penner’s lawyer, Alex Seaman, besides requested a Gladue report, often utilized successful sentencing Indigenous individuals.

It’s expected sentencing arguments won’t hap until November astatine the earliest.

The proceedings saw video footage from a adjacent semi-trailer driver that captured Hough’s last minutes. It showed a fig moving crossed the intersection and collapsing successful the mediate of the road.
A .45-calibre slug was recovered wherever he collapsed and a nine-millimetre ammunition casing was recovered adjacent wherever Andres was wounded.

Hough’s conveyance was later recovered abandoned. Penner, 37, was arrested 5 days later and Strawberry, 29, was recovered aft a period hiding successful a residence connected the O’Chiese First Nation.