DRUMHELLER, Alta. — RCMP say a man at a medium-security federal prison in southern Alberta has been charged in the death of a fellow inmate.
Mounties say officers responded to a call Wednesday of a serious assault at Drumheller Institution.
They allege an assault on 34-year-old Jeffrey Ryan of Parkland County, Alta., was unprovoked.
RCMP say Ryan sustained serious injuries and later died in hospital.
Ashley Baird of Nanaimo, B.C., who is 38, has been charged with second-degree murder and is to appear in Drumheller provincial court on Feb. 11.
Police say an autopsy has been ordered by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and will be performed in the coming days.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 28, 2022.
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