Charges stayed against teen brothers accused in Calgary murder; police chief apologizes

>> WITH TARA NELSON. >> HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT, STEM A NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN A FATAL SHOOTING IN BALBOA PARK. CALGARY’S POLICE CHIEF NOW SAYS NEW EVIDENCE HAS COME TO LIGHT THAT SHOWS 2 TEENAGE BROTHERS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

MURDER OF A MAN IN A STRIP MALL PARKING LOT JUST OVER A WEEK AGO. THIS IS THAT NEW VIDEO THAT SHOWS A MAN IN A RED JACKET WALK UP TO A BLACK SUV AND OPENED FIRE. AND OF COURSE, ONLY SHOWING YOU PART OF THE VIDEO. LAWYERS FOR THE BOYS SAY

THIS PERSON IS NEITHER THE 14 NOR THE 18 YEAR-OLD WERE CHARGED. THE POLICE CHIEF HAS ISSUED AN APOLOGY TO THE TEENS AND THEIR FAMILY. WHAT THIS MEANS, OF COURSE, IS THAT THE REAL KILLER IS STILL OUT THERE. TYSON FEDOR REPORTS. >> THESE CHARGES WILL HAVE IMPACTED THESE 2 YOUNG MEN AND

THEIR FAMILY IN VERY SIGNIFICANT WAYS. AND FOR THAT, I APOLOGIZE. UNRESERVEDLY. A DIRECT APOLOGY FROM CALGARY’S TOP COP FOR 2 YOUNG BOYS ACCUSED OF PLAYING A ROLE IN THE CITY’S 18TH HOMICIDE LAST MONDAY. OUR INVESTIGATORS DO NOT BELIEVE THE 2 INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE CHARGED. >> WE’RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

SHOOTING. A 14 YEAR-OLD BOY WAS CHARGED WITH THE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER OF 23 YEAR-OLD RONNIE HI, JOLLY ALONG WITH 2 COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. HIS 18 YEAR-OLD BROTHER WAS CHARGED AS AN ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT. HOWEVER, CHIEF MARK NEUFELD SAYS THE BOYS WERE IN THE AREA AT THE TIME, BUT

WOULD NOT SAY IF THEY REMAINED PART OF THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. TERMS OF THE SUSPECT, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOMICIDE. I WOULD SUGGEST WE HAVE THAT IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW IN NEIGHBOURHOOD SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, MINUTES BEFORE THE BOYS ARRESTED SHOWS ONE PERSON WEARING A RED HOODIE WITH BLACK

PANTS. THE SHOOTER WAS ENTERED LIGHTER RED JACKET WITH LIGHT COLOURED PANTS. ONE CRIMINOLOGIST SAYS THERE WILL BE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE BOYS MOVING FORWARD DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE CRIMES THEY WERE INITIALLY ACCUSED UPTREND WITH PRETTY TO WATCH FOR PERSPECTIVE VOTE ONE-THIRD OF ALL CHARGES. >> ULTIMATE THEY ARE STAYED OR

WITHDRAWN. THE REALITY IS THE GENERAL PUBLIC GO TO STEP BACK. >> YOUR ASSUMPTION THAT EVERY CHARGE MAJOR GUILTY. >> THE LAWYER FOR THE OLD HIS BROTHER SAYS HER CLIENT HAS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE FROM THE BEGINNING WITH HIS BROTHER AND WANTS TO LEARN HOW THIS HAPPENED. ADDING AT THE VIDEO

CLEARLY DEPICTS A PERSON THAT IS NEITHER OF THE 2 CHARGED. NEUFELD IS CALLING FOR AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY’RE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT’S HAPPENED HERE. THEY KNOW THAT THEY FOLLOWED THE CHAIN EVIDENCE AS IT WAS AT THE TIME. >> I THINK IT’S A GOOD IDEA

FOR US TO BRING IN SOMEBODY WHO’S NOT A MEMBER OF THE CALGARY POLICE SERVICE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER POLICE AGENCY. ONE CALGARY COUNCILLOR SAYS THIS IS EVIDENCE ENOUGH. THE POLICE ARE DOING THEIR JOB THOROUGHLY IN TIME. IT’S ALSO EVALUATING OF CHARGES BY THE DECISION, WHICH MEANS OUR SYSTEM SYSTEMS WORK. US THAT

THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS HAVE STILL ON THE STREET. >> BUT I’M CONFIDENT THAT NOT FOR THAT LONG. >> TYSON JOINS US FROM POLICE HEADQUARTERS TONIGHT. TYSON. THIS SHOOTING COULD BE LINKED TO ANOTHER ONE. >> AND TERROR IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS, CALGARY POLICE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY INVESTIGATING 5

SHOOTINGS HERE IN OUR CITY. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A 6TH ONE THAT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE IN CHESTERMERE RCMP ARE INVESTIGATING THAT. I WAS ABOUT 14 HOURS BEFORE THIS FATAL ONE IN MARBLE PARK. NOW A MAN WAS SHOT 4 TIMES. HE DROVE HIMSELF TO CHESTER RCMP DETACHMENT AND SUSTAINED NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. THAT’S HOW RCMP WERE

MADE AWARE OF THIS. BUT IN A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, THERE’S A BLACK TRUCK IN THAT VIDEO THAT WAS SEEN FLEEING FROM THE AREA IN CHESTERMERE. CHIEF NEUFELD SAYS THAT CITY POLICE ARE WORKING WITH RCMP WHETHER OR NOT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE’S A CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE 2 SHOOTINGS. THE ONE HERE

IN CALGARY, ONE IN CHESTERMERE,

Crown prosecutors have stayed charges against a pair of brothers who were accused in a fatal shooting in northeast Calgary last week.

In an emailed statement, the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service (ACPS) confirmed the charges against the accused, a 14-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man, were stayed due to new information.

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