An Edmonton man has been charged in the death of a 21-year-old man who died last July, according to Edmonton police.
On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at around 2:40 p.m., police were contacted by a local hospital about a man who was located by staff in medical distress at a transit stop in the university area. The man died in hospital shortly after.
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Investigators said the death of Ezekiel Bigstone, 21, was suspicious. Later, the autopsy found Bigstone died of “medical conditions due to, or as a consequence of, a gunshot wound” and the manner of death was a homicide, according to EPS.
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Police said Bigstone sustained a gunshot wound inside an Edmonton home between Sunday, June 27, 2021 and Friday, July 2, 2021.
EPS have charged 35-year-old Kody Kenneth Bock of Edmonton in relation to Bigstone’s death. Bock is charged with second-degree murder, use of a firearm in commission of an indictable offence, and breach of firearms prohibition.
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