By Sheldon Spackman

December 4-6, 2023

Preliminary hearing scheduled for pair charged in central Alberta homicide

Nov 30, 2022 | 10:06 AM

A three-day preliminary hearing has been scheduled next year for two men charged in the death of a young man in Maskwacis over the summer.

Cole Gerald Cattleman, 25, and Chaz Joseph Cattleman, 22, both of Maskwacis, are scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Wetaskiwin provincial court from December 4-6, 2023, to determine if their case has enough evidence to go to trial.

It was on July 24, 2022, at 6:10 p.m., when Maskwacis RCMP were dispatched to a report of an assault with a weapon at a residence on the Montana First Nation. Mounties say the investigation determined that two suspects entered a residence and assaulted a victim.

Police say the victim died as a result of his injuries sustained in the attack. The victim has been identified as a 20-year-old man.

According to RCMP, as the suspects fled, they came across a bystander who was calling 911 and assaulted him. This victim, a 56 year old resident of Maskwacis, Alta, was taken to a local hospital by EMS, where he was treated for his injuries and released.

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A short time later, Maskwacis RCMP, with assistance from RCMP Police Dog Services, and the RCMP Emergency Response Team, located and arrested the two suspects. Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit took over the investigation.

Police say the suspects were charged with one count each of second degree murder and aggravated assault.

Mounties say one suspect, Chaz Joseph Cattleman, was also unlawfully at large from parole at the time of the offense.

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