By Sheldon Spackman

March 2022 Incident

Man sentenced to five years in central Alberta shooting

Apr 17, 2025 | 11:25 AM

A five-year jail term was handed to a central Alberta man this week convicted in a shooting three years ago.

Jesse Cabry, 32, of Maskwacis, was sentenced in Wetaskiwin Court of King’s Bench on April 14, 2025, after pleading guilty during his trial to counts of aggravated assault, use of firearm while committing an offence, and possession of a prohibited firearm. Counts of attempted murder, and pointing a firearm were withdrawn.

Cabry was also given a firearm prohibition and enhanced credit for pre-trial custody of 2007 days, satisfied by time already served.

It was on March 2, 2022, at 2:30 a.m. when Maskwacis RCMP responded to a shots-fired complaint on the Samson Cree Nation town site.

Responding officers located a 17-year-old male who had been shot. Mounties say the victim was rushed to hospital but was expected to recover from his injuries.

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Police say the suspect was not located initially, but eventually arrested without incident on March 9, 2022, at a home on Ermineskin Cree Nation.

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