Man charged with manslaughter in deadly Edmonton shelter attack goes to trial

A man accused of manslaughter in the 2022 death of a 54-year-old man at a central Edmonton shelter is facing trial.

In the early morning hours of Jan. 3, 2022, police responded to an assault near 100th Street and 105A Avenue.

While paramedics performed life-saving measures on the victim, he died later from his injuries in hospital.

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Stanley Jago, now 33, was charged with manslaughter.

Two autopsies determined that Thomas Gignac, 54, died from “blunt head trauma combined with pre-existing medical conditions.”

The death was deemed homicide, police said.

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