RCMP investigate a burned-out vehicle about two kilometres north of Chestermere on Aug. 6. A Rocky View County employee was fatally shot and a Fortis Alberta worker injured. Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia

Charge to be downgraded against one of two suspects in fatal shooting of Rocky View County worker

Both suspects in killing to face second-degree murder charge

10 Oct 2024, 18:59 by Kevin Martin · Calgary Herald

One of two suspects in the fatal shooting of a Rocky View County employee will have his charge downgraded to second-degree murder, court heard Thursday.

Crown prosecutor Ryan Ziegler said he has filed a replacement information jointly charging Arthur Wayne Penner and Elijah Blake Strawberry in connection with the Aug. 6 killing of Colin John Hough.

While the new information was not formally put before the court, Strawberry’s lawyer, Rebecca Snukal, asked the clerk what the wording of the new charge was and was told the allegation is one of second-degree murder.