
What we know about the 2 men accused of shooting Good Samaritan in fatal carjacking
CBC
One of the men accused of murdering Rocky View County worker Colin Hough last week was on bail while the other had just finished a prison sentence for crimes that closely align with the allegations faced in the fatal carjacking, CBC News has learned.
Court records reveal new details about the two suspects' involvement with police, the courts and prison.
Arthur Wayne Penner, 35, faces charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with last Tuesday's fatal carjacking, while Elijah Blake Strawberry, 28, is wanted on warrants for second-degree murder.
Both men are from Edmonton.
RCMP say Strawberry is considered "armed and extremely dangerous" and should not be approached.
Around noon on Tuesday, Aug. 6, two men were looking for a vehicle to steal because the truck they'd stolen a day earlier in Calgary broke down after a collision, police say.
The suspects came across a FortisAlberta worker at a rural intersection east of Calgary and set their broken, stolen truck on fire with a plan to steal the Fortis vehicle, police allege.
Hough, 45, spotted the fire and believed the two men needed help. RCMP say Hough pulled over in his Rocky View County work truck to lend a hand.
Hough and a 39-year-old FortisAlberta employee, who was working in the area, were both shot. Hough died of his injuries. He leaves behind a wife and two young sons.
The suspects stole the county's work truck, dumping it later about 40 kilometres northeast of the shooting scene in neighbouring Wheatland County.
Upon discovering the shooting scene and abandoned trucks, police issued a shelter-in-place alert for Wheatland County. They lifted the order three hours later and expanded the search into what has become a week-long, provincewide manhunt.
On Sunday, three days after police identified and began surveilling one of the suspects, Penner was arrested in the Edmonton area.
He is now charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
On Monday, the same day RCMP announced the charges against Penner, the service also identified Strawberry — who remains at large, wanted on warrants — as the second shooting suspect.

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