Police vehicles at Calgary Police Service headquarters in Calgary on Thursday, April 9, 2020. The cases of two brothers who are facing charges after a fatal shooting in Calgary were in court as police identified the man who was killed. Police responded to a call Monday afternoon about a shooting in the parking lot of a northeast Calgary shopping mall and found a man dead and two others injured. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
CALGARY – The cases of two brothers who are facing charges after a fatal shooting in Calgary were in court as police identified the man who was killed.
Police responded to a call Monday afternoon about a shooting in the parking lot of a northeast Calgary shopping mall and found a man dead and two others injured.
The man who died has been identified by police as 23-year-old Rami Hajj Ali.
A 14-year-old boy, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.
He briefly appeared in court today and is scheduled to be back on Nov. 30.
His 18-year-old brother has been charged with accessory to murder after the fact.
His case was put over until Nov. 23 when a date is expected to be set for a bail hearing.
Police have said investigators believe the attack was targeted and connected to an ongoing organized crime conflict in Calgary.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 16, 2023.
