Murder charge laid in death of Sundre man

RCMP say charges have been laid in connection to the death of a Sundre resident on Jan. 25.

At around 12:20 p.m. that day, Sundre RCMP responded to a report of a male who’d been shot at a home northeast of Sundre in Mountain View County.

Life-saving efforts were attempted on scene and the man was taken to hospital.

The victim, now identified as 36-year-old Justin Goodhand, was pronounced deceased at hospital a short time later. An autopsy completed Jan. 26 determined the manner of death was homicide, police say.