Arrest made in Forest Lawn homicide, now confirmed as a shooting
CBC News | Posted: October 7, 2015 9:09 PM | Last Updated: October 7, 2015
34-year-old man found shot to death Sept. 30
Calgary police have arrested and charged a man with second-degree murder in connection to the homicide in Forest Lawn last week.
Police allege a 25-year-old from Gleichen, Alta., shot the victim, 34-year-old Jonathan Joe Schmeikal, to death.
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Officers first responded to the 2600 block of 43rd Street S.E. shortly before 6 a.m. on Sept. 30, 2015 to check on the welfare of a man who was reported injured in the area.
Upon arrival, officers found Schmeikal already dead and an autopsy confirmed he was shot to death.
Police believe the shooting took place in the vicinity of where the victim was found.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Calgary Police Service's non-emergency line at 403-266-1234 or the homicide tip line at 403-428-8877.
Tips can also be left anonymously by contacting Crime Stoppers.
This death marked Calgary's 21st homicide of 2015.