Police seek dashcam footage related to Foothills vehicle fire

Calgary police are looking for help from the public in relation to a Dec. 15 murder and vehicle fire. 

Police responded to reports of shots fired at about 8:30 a.m., Dec. 15 in the 200-block of Douglas Ridge Circle S.E. and when officers arrived they located one deceased male. 

About 30 minutes later, emergency crews in Foothills County responded to a vehicle fire on 296 Avenue East and found an abandoned SUV fully engulfed in flames. 

Investigators say the two incidents are connected. Anyone with dashcam footage of a white 2022 Ford Expedition in the following areas, during specific times, is asked to contact police: 

  • Deerfoot Trail (Highway 2) southbound travelling towards Highway 552 between 8:30 and 8:45 a.m. 
  • Southbound on Range Road 291 (64 Street East) in Foothills County between 8:45 and 9 a.m. 
  • Eastbound on 296 Avenue E to the 6400-block of 296 Avenue E between 8:45 and 9 a.m. 

Police believe the suspect or suspects in the Ford Expedition bought gas and filled a container before the shooting, using the gas to burn the vehicle.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police by calling 403-266-1234. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers through any of the following methods: 

TALK: 1-800-222-8477 
TYPE: www.calgarycrimestoppers.org 
APP: P3 Tips 

Charred fencing and pavement remains where a vehicle was left ablaze in an acreage driveway off 296 Avenue near 64 Street East on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Okotoks and Foothills fire crews responded to the fire and the Calgary Police Service later confirmed it was linked to a shooting that morning in the Douglasdale neighbourhood of southeast Calgary. Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY

 

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