WATCH ABOVE: RCMP now say it’s possible more charges could be laid in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Brando Walker. Mounties announced that charges have now been laid in the young Calgarian’s murder. Among the suspects, a young man who was shot and killed by U.S customs and border officials. Jill Croteau has the latest.
CALGARY – For days it was a mystery, friends in disbelief over who would bring harm to 18-year-old Brando Walker.
They mourned the loss of their friend, their symbols of their grief still remain in the places they gathered to remember him. Through their sadness they were always holding out hope for some justice.
“There’s so many emotions. You’re sad, your angry, you’re hurt, it shouldn’t have happened to him. He didn’t deserve it, there’s nothing he could have done to make him deserve it,” Shawna Campbell said.
The young man was killed at a Saddleridge home, his partially burned body discovered near the Weaslehead Bridge on the Tsuu T’ina reserve just over two weeks ago.
His partially-burned body was found by two people fishing at the Elbow River near the Weaselhead Bridge on Saturday, March 7.
Late Saturday night, RCMP identified four people in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Brando Walker and say it’s possible more charges could be laid.
News that authorities have laid charges, comes as some sense comfort to his family and friends.
It’s a troubling murder that had investigators interviewing nearly a hundred people in an effort to piece together a complex case.
“It was a fast changing environment with suspect attempting to flee to arrest four people we need to identify them at the same time so as to not compromise investigation,” Cst. Jason Curtis with the RCMP said.
RCMP haven’t ruled out making more arrests but for now, among those facing charges is a young man only 15-years-old and another shot dead by American border agents on Thursday.
20-year-old Jamison Childress was on the run.
“The subject displayed erratic threatening behavior, the subject refused commands and assaulted one of the agents and they sprayed an incapacitating spray,” Chief Dan Harris Jr. from Blaine Border Patrol said.
In a release issued by RCMP, police confirm investigators were in the process of obtaining an arrest warrant for 20-year-old Jamison Edward Childress of Prince George B.C. for the first-degree murder of Walker when he was killed by U.S. Customs and Border agents who responded when a sensor was activated at the U.S./Canada border near Sumas, Washington on March 19.
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Law enforcement officials on this side of the border say the investigation is ongoing and are still on the hunt for more information.
On March 19, 21-year-old Chad William Gosselin of Calgary was charged with accessory to murder. He is scheduled to appear in court on March 25, 2015.
Investigators also confirm a 15-year-old male has been charged with second degree murder in Walker’s death and will appear at Calgary Youth Court on March 24.
On March 21, investigators charged 20-year-old Dylan Steven Cameron of Calgary with manslaughter. He will appear at court on March 23.
Police said it was a complex investigation with homicide investigators interviewing approximately 100 people. Based on information gathered in their investigation, they have confirmed Walker was murdered in Saddleridge.
Police say the victim and the suspects knew each other but wouldn’t elaborate on their connection to one another. The accused all have scheduled court appearances in the coming days.
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