{"id":8836,"date":"2026-04-03T23:47:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=8836"},"modified":"2026-04-03T23:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:47:26","slug":"130009152-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=8836","title":{"rendered":"Indian\u2011origin Birinder Singh shot dead on Edmonton highway, suspect charged with second-degree murder &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130009152,imgsize-99226,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/130009152.jpg\" alt=\"Indian\u2011origin Birinder Singh shot dead on Edmonton highway, suspect charged with second-degree murder\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A man has been charged with second\u2011degree murder in the fatal shooting of Birinder Singh, a 22\u2011year\u2011old international student from India, during a daytime highway incident near Leduc, just south of Edmonton, Canada.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Singh was shot on March 14 while driving on Highway 2 near Township Road 490. He died of his injuries later the same day. Investigators say the shooting occurred when someone in a passing pickup truck opened fire on Singh\u2019s vehicle.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>On Wednesday, Alberta RCMP confirmed that 23\u2011year\u2011old Deon Libsekal has been charged with second\u2011degree murder and accessory to murder in connection with Singh\u2019s death. Libsekal was already in police custody on unrelated charges.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The charges follow the previous arrest of 18\u2011year\u2011old Jimmy Gassner of Lloydminster, Alberta, who was charged with second\u2011degree murder in relation to the same incident. Gassner was arrested near Canoe Lake, Saskatchewan, according to RCMP.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The investigators believe all suspects linked to the shooting have now been identified and charged. Both Gassner and Libsekal have \u201csome criminal history\u201d and were known to police. Court records show that Libsekal has previously faced charges of obstructing a peace officer and failure to provide information to a peace officer.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Investigators believe the shooting was a random event and that neither Gassner nor Libsekal knew Singh or the two other people in his vehicle at the time.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The World Sikh Organization of Canada, which works to protect the rights of Sikhs in the country, has called on police to investigate Singh\u2019s killing as a hate crime. <!-- -->The organisation cited concerns about a rise in anti\u2011Sikh sentiment across Canada.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>However, the RCMP said that there is currently no evidence that the shooting was racially motivated, or related to robbery, gang initiation, road rage, or a hate crime. They also said investigators have not ruled out the possibility of mistaken identity or gang affiliation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Alberta RCMP Cpl. Mathew Howell said that it is a &#8220;very rare instance.&#8221; He added that people can still feel safe driving on the province\u2019s roadways.<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/rest-of-world\/indianorigin-birinder-singh-shot-dead-on-edmonton-highway-canadian-sikh-group-raises-alarm\/articleshow\/130009152.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been charged with second\u2011degree murder in the fatal shooting of Birinder Singh,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[22303,22307,22306,22308,22305,22304],"class_list":["post-8836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-birinder-singh","tag-deon-libsekal","tag-highway-shooting-incident","tag-jimmy-gassner","tag-leduc","tag-second-degree-murder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}