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Feb. 4, 2026 Incident

Suspect charged in fatal central Alberta shooting

Feb 5, 2026 | 1:14 PM

RCMP have laid charges following a fatal shooting in central Alberta this week.

On Feb. 4, 2026, at 12:09 a.m., Maskwacis RCMP responded to a report of a shooting at a residence on Louis Bull First Nation.

Upon arrival, police located two victims. Mounties say one of the victims, 23-year-old Zyon Littlepoplar, was deceased. Police say the second victim, a 54-year-old male, was taken to hospital where he remains in critical but stable condition.

RCMP say they began deploying a great deal of resources to the community to both investigate the occurrence and locate the suspect. Responding officers quickly located an abandoned vehicle nearby believed to be associated to the suspects. RCMP Air Services, a Police Dog, and the Emergency Response Team were deployed to assist. RCMP issued a shelter in place for Louis Bull First Nation to protect the public while police tracked these purported dangerous armed suspects.

Officers were successful in locating and arresting three suspects.

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The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit was deployed and took over the investigation. Mounties say the investigation was able to identify one of the suspects as committing the shooting. Police say the other two arrested suspects were confirmed as not being involved and were released without charges.

As a result, RCMP have charged 27-year-old Edmonton resident, Dallas Daniel Lee, with:

• Second-Degree-Murder;
• Attempted Murder.

Mounties say Lee was taken before a Justice of the Peace and remanded into custody with his next court date set for Feb. 5, 2026, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin.

Related: Maskwacis RCMP issue shelter in place for Louis Bull First Nation