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Calgary police charge man in fatal weekend shooting

Police investigate after shots were fired in southeast Calgary on July 28, 2018. Mike Hills/Global News

Calgary police have charged a man in connection with a fatal shooting over the weekend.

Police said officers were called for reports of gunshots at around 1 a.m. Saturday at the Town & Country Motor Hotel at 1825 50 Street S.E.

When officers arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound.

Police believe two men were involved in an altercation which led to the shots being fired.

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Adam Colquhoun, 43, was rushed to Foothills Medical Centre in critical condition. He died as a result of his injuries.

On July 31, Ryan Oliver Reid Foster, 37, of Calgary, was charged with one count of second-degree murder.

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“This is Calgary’s seventh murder of 2018,” police said.

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