Random Highway Shooting: 2 Charged in Murder of Student

0:00Two men now face second-degree murder charges in the shooting death of 22-year-old international student, Byrinder Singh. He was killed on March 14th, while cruising south on Queen Elizabeth II Highway, toward Banff, with friends in a Honda Civic. It all unfolded in just two minutes at highway speeds, around 120 km per hour. The suspects gray-forward F-150 pickup pulled up beside them near Township Road, 490 at 2.50 pm, witnesses saw peace signs flash between the vehicles, then two shots rang out, and the Civic pulled over. This hit hard because the victims had zero criminal history and no ties to the suspects beforehand. Police call it a senseless tragedy, with no signs of racial hate, robbery, road rage, or gang initiation, just a random split-second impulse. The first arrest came quick on March 16th, with 18-year-old Jimmy Gassner from the Lloyd Minister area. Even on March 26th, Edmonton resident Deon Elias Lipsacow, 23, got charged too, while

1:02already locked up on other beefs he has priors, including assaults and firearms in Saskatchewan. Mounties say they've got to handle on the motivations, but won't spill more yet, stressing it's a one-off with no broader plot. The probe rolls on as the community grapples with this highway heartbreak, local news, powered by AI, this is Canada News Today, I'm Corey with The Story.