Calgary man charged in fatal Taradale stabbing
CBC News | Posted: January 19, 2013 7:55 PM | Last Updated: January 19, 2013
Calgary police have charged a man in connection with a homicide in northeast Calgary earlier this month.
Walker Eli Risling, 23, is facing a charge of second-degree murder in the death of 30-year-old Matthew John Brown.
Brown was found suffering from stab wounds in his Taradale home on Jan. 5 and was taken to hospital where he died.
Police believe he had been hosting a party, but by the time officers arrived only one person had stayed with the injured man.
Staff Sgt. Grant Miller said Risling walked into the Westwinds Campus, which houses the Calgary police homicide unit, and turned himself in on Friday.
Police say the two had been friends since Risling moved to Calgary from B.C. a few months ago and this was an alcohol-fuelled party gone wrong.
Risling was also involved in a serious car accident in Revelstoke, B.C., within 24 hours of the stabbing, according to police.
Officials say a weapon has been recovered.
Brown's stabbing is the city's first homicide of 2013.
Risling will make his first court appearance on Monday.