An autopsy is pending for a man who died after being assaulted on Christmas Day at a home in the southeast community of Forest Heights.
Neighbours are still trying to come to grips with the holiday tragedy on their street.
“There’s really no trouble here that we have experienced,” Daniel Sugano said. “That’s why it’s shocking to know there is somebody who is stabbed there.”
Sugano lives directly across the road from the crime scene.
At around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Calgary police were called out to the 100 block of Fonda Drive SE to reports of a disturbance.
Officers found a man who had been seriously assaulted. The victim was taken to hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Morris Stern, 55, was taken into custody at the scene and was later charged with one count of manslaughter, police said.
The identity of the victim is not being released until the family is notified. However, investigators do not believe this was a random attack. It is believed the suspect and victim knew each other and spent the day together prior to the assault.
Police are asking anyone with information about this incident to contact them.
*EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally stated the neighbourhood as Fonda, but the City of Calgary map indicates the area is Forest Heights.