Editors Note: On Sunday April 28, Alberta RCMP said the suspect they were searching for, David Bruce Drunkenchief, had been arrested.
Charges have been laid in connection with the homicide of 59-year-old Siksika Nation resident Clayton Redgun in Gleichen Alta., on Wednesday.
According to RCMP, officers were called to a home in the hamlet around 7:30 p.m. for reports of an unresponsive man.
Police arrived to find the man had already died and had “injuries consistent with being assaulted.”
An autopsy on Thursday determined the manner of death was a homicide.
On Saturday, RCMP said they had arrested one man in relation to the homicide on Friday and were searching for a second suspect.
Richie Lance Bearhat, 27, of Siksika Nation is facing a second-degree-murder charge.
He is scheduled to appear in court on April 29.
Police said 20-year-old David Bruce Drunkenchief, also of Siksika Nation, was arrested on Sunday.
Anyone with information is being asked to contact the Gleichen RCMP detachment at 403-734-3056.
Gleichen is approximately 100 kilometres southeast of Calgary.
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