One suspect arrested and charged with murder, another identified in fatal shooting east of Calgary

One suspect has been arrested and charged and another has been identified in connection with a fatal shooting east of Calgary last week.

One suspect has been arrested and charged and another has been identified in connection with a fatal shooting east of Calgary last week.

Strathmore RCMP were called to Township Road 250 and Range Road 282 just before noon on Aug. 6 for reports of a shooting involving two armed suspects.

The area is east of the hamlet of Conrich, about 10 kilometres east of Calgary.

Mounties discovered two people who had been shot, one fatally and the other superficially.

On Monday, RCMP said 35-year-old Arthur Wayne Penner of Edmonton was taken into custody on Sunday and has since been charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

He remains in custody and will appear in court in Airdrie on Aug. 15.

RCMP identified a second suspect in the shooting, obtaining an arrest warrant for murder for 28-year-old Elijah Blake Strawberry.