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No evidence of racial bias in QEII fatal shooting as 2nd person charged: RCMP
RCMP say Deon Libsekal, already in custody, faces second-degree murder and accessory charges as investigators rule out hate, robbery and road rage.
- On March 26, Alberta RCMP arrested 23-year-old Deon Elias Libsekal in connection with the fatal March 14 shooting of 22-year-old Birinder Singh on the QEII Highway near Leduc.
- Singh was traveling south with two friends on March 14 when a passenger in a passing pickup truck fired shots, fatally striking him in the neck near Leduc.
- During a Wednesday press conference, RCMP Major Crimes Staff Sergeant John Brown ruled out racial bias, road rage, robbery, and gang initiation, calling the shooting a "one-off event."
- Jimmy Gassner, 18, was arrested March 21 in Saskatchewan and also faces second-degree murder charges; both suspects had "some criminal history," Brown said.
- Investigators believe all suspects are now in custody, while Alberta Police continue reassuring the Sikh community that the attack was not a targeted act of hatred.
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Edmonton man charged with second-degree murder in fatal daytime highway shooting
Birinder Singh, a 22-year-old Sikh man from India, died of his injuries on March 14 after a person in a passing pickup truck opened fire on a highway south of Edmonton. RCMP say the shooting was not racially motivated.
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Alberta RCMP tell Sikh community not to be alarmed after deadly highway shooting
EDMONTON - Mounties are telling Sikh community members in Alberta not to be alarmed, after an international student from India was killed in a highway shooting.
·Toronto, Canada
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