Airdrie man guilty of murder for shooting girlfriend's ex-boyfriend at point-blank range
CBC
When asked if he had killed a 19-year-old man, Hunter Van Mackelberg smirked at his friend and said, "My grin says it all."
That was some of the evidence considered by Calgary Judge Glen Poelman, who convicted Van Mackelberg of second-degree murder on Tuesday following a trial that started in October.
On Feb. 15, 2020, Van Mackelberg shot Kalix Langenau in the back of the head at point-blank range.
Both the killer and victim were 19 years old at the time.
Van Mackelberg's girlfriend was a woman whom Langenau had once dated. The night he was killed, Langenau exchanged texts and called that woman. Van Mackelberg found out.
The case involves two women, Madeline Kot and another teen, SB, who was a youth at the time.
In 2017-18, Van Mackelberg was dating the younger teen and Langenau dated Kot.
But that summer, the two couples had split, and by the fall of 2018, Van Mackelberg was dating Kot while Langenau and SB were a couple.
Van Mackelberg's animosity toward Langenau grew through 2019 and into 2020.
In the spring of 2019, the windows of Langenau's car were shot out. He believed Van Mackelberg and Kot were responsible.
Langenau was so scared of Van Mackelberg that he moved from Calgary to B.C. just to get away from him.
In February 2020, Langenau came back to Calgary for a visit.
At that point, Langenau had broken up with SB but Van Mackelberg and Kot were living together.
On Valentine's Day, Langenau texted a close friend and said he'd made a "boo boo," explaining he had texted Kot. He messaged again saying he'd made "a bigger boo boo."
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