Attempted murder charge laid after man shot in 2015 on Stettler property

RCMP say charges have been laid against a Stettler man afteranother man was shot more than a year ago.

An altercation on a Stettler property on April 7, 2015 escalated and a firearm was discharged, police said in a release Monday.

The male victim was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while the suspect fled the scene.

After a 17-month investigation police took the suspect into custody in Innisfail on Friday.

The 29-year-old is facing a charge of attempted murder with a firearm. He is scheduled to appear in a Stettler court Sept. 22.

Stettler is about 75 kilometres east of Red Deer.

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