CALGARY – Police have released the name of the man who was killed in a shooting in Marlborough Tuesday night.
Police said that the 22-year-old victim, Emmanuel Keror, was known them and was part of group with a history of violence, property and drug-related incidents.
“As far as a gang goes, I don’t know that for sure,” Insp. Don Coleman of the Calgary Police Major Crimes Unit said in a press conference Wednesday afternoon. “The group is all associated; so they’re all known to each other.”
Investigators suggest the shooting was targeted and may be related to a past conflict involving the September 2012 homicide of Phillip Salviu Anny. The 28-year-old was found shot to death in the community of Applewood Park after what is believed to have been a drug deal.
Last year, Deng Lino Keror was convicted of second-degree murder in relation to the case. Police said Deng may be related to Keror, but couldn’t yet say how.
Officers were called to the 4600 block of Maryvale Drive N.E. Tueday at around 6:30 p.m. after witnesses reported hearing gunfire. When they arrived they found Keror dead at the scene.
Witnesses told police the shooters fled in a maroon pickup truck. Soon after, officers located the vehicle which had been abandoned in the Bowness area.
“It is believed the suspects left the truck and got into a car, travelling to an address in Ogden,” Coleman said. “One man later left the Ogden location and returned to the Bowness address where he was arrested. The second man was eventually arrested at an address on Applegrove Crescent S.E.”
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Coleman also said police believe the suspects attended several addresses after the incident. Officers are working to obtain warrants to search those homes and are still looking for surveillance video that may help in the investigation.
Both suspects are currently in custody for questioning. Their names and details of their charges will be released once charges have been formally laid.
This is Calgary’s third homicide of 2016.
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