Second-degree murder charge laid in shooting death on Frog Lake First Nation

FROG LAKE – One man is dead and another man is in custody facing a second-degree murder charge following a shooting on Frog Lake First Nation Oct. 1.

Elk Point RCMP were called to a residence at approximately 7:30 p.m. They found one man who had been shot. He was declared deceased on scene by EMS.

“RCMP Major Crimes Unit (MCU) took carriage of the investigation, and the autopsy determined that the manner of death was a homicide. As a result of their investigation, MCU have arrested one individual in connection to the death of Kevin Buffalo, a 36-year-old resident of Frog Lake,” states a media release.

Gerald Lagimodiere, 22, of Frog Lake has been charged with second degree murder.

The accused was taken before a Justice of the Peace and was remanded into custody. He appeared in court on Oct. 3, at the Alberta Court of Justice in St. Paul via CCTV.