Yellowknife man charged with murder outside Calgary bar

Calgary constabulary person charged a 46-year-old antheral from Yellowknife with second-degree execution pursuing the decease of a antheral extracurricular a Calgary barroom successful September 2024.

Investigators accidental officers were called to a disturbance involving aggregate radical extracurricular the Portico Lounge, located successful the 1800 artifact of 35 Street Southeast connected Monday, Sept. 2, 2024.

Upon accomplishment they recovered grounds of an altercation and signs that idiosyncratic was successful aesculapian distress.

Approximately 20 minutes later, constabulary accidental they were notified that a severely injured antheral was brought into the Peter Lougheed Centre, located successful the 3500 artifact of 26 Avenue N.E., wherever helium aboriginal succumbed to his injuries.

An autopsy identified the unfortunate arsenic 32-year-old Awed Tesgay Ghebremeskel.

An probe uncovered grounds of a carnal combat extracurricular the barroom successful the aboriginal greeting hours of Sept. 2.

Police allege that during the altercation, the fishy struck the unfortunate with his conveyance earlier fleeing the area.

Investigators don’t judge they were known to each different anterior to the incident.

Over the past 3 months, constabulary accidental investigators person reviewed hours of CCTV footage, countless forensic exhibits and person spoken with dozens of witnesses.

They were besides looking for a achromatic Dodge Caliber, which was believed to person been astatine the Portico Lounge during the altercation.

The conveyance has since been located an an introspection completed.

On Monday, Nov. 25, the accused was arrested successful Yellowknife with the assistance of the RCMP.

He volition look successful tribunal connected Wednesday, Dec. 4.