Man accused in fatal Edmonton shooting completed accessory to murder sentence weeks earlier

Madeline Smith · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 27, 2025 9:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

WARNING: This communicative contains descriptions of violence.

A antheral charged successful a fatal Edmonton shooting had finished serving clip down bars for accessory to murder conscionable a fewer weeks earlier being accused successful a execution case.

Jerad Wuttunee, 36, was charged earlier this period successful the shooting decease of 52-year-old Darrell Demchuk. Court records amusement Wuttunee was among a radical of 4 adults previously charged with first-degree execution successful the deaths of 2 radical successful January 2021.

The 4 accused each pleaded blameworthy to lesser accessory charges, including Wuttunee, admitting lone to assisting with the attempted clean-up of the transgression country to region evidence. The execution charges were stayed.

When Wuttunee was sentenced connected Dec. 19, with recognition for astir 2 years he'd already spent successful jail, helium was near with 64 days successful his sentence, according to tribunal information.

Demchuk was changeable and killed connected the nighttime of April 6.

The Edmonton Police Service besides charged 45-year-old Brandon Herry with first-degree execution successful the case. When they announced the arrests connected April 15, EPS said the 2 accused and Demchuk don't look to person known each other. 

Court records amusement Herry and Wuttunee person additionally been charged with arson for allegedly damaging a conveyance connected the aforesaid time arsenic the homicide.

According to EPS, the shooting happened astir 10 p.m. successful the country of 66th Street and 38th Avenue — a large intersection successful southeast Edmonton that besides includes the Valley Line's Millbourne/Woodvale station.

Despite life-saving measures, constabulary said, paramedics declared Demchuk dormant astatine the scene.

Before the arrests, EPS appealed for tips and video footage, with Staff Sgt. Colin Leathem saying successful a connection that "there were a important fig of pedestrians and vehicular postulation successful the country astatine the clip of the shooting."

Court grounds details 2021 case

Wuttunee was antecedently arrested successful Vancouver connected Jan. 31, 2023 — much than 2 years after constabulary began investigating a brace of homicides connected Edmonton's southbound side.

In that case, 29-year-old Deidre Aldridge and 30-year-old Daniel Grandbois were recovered dormant astatine a location successful the McKernan neighbourhood.

An agreed connection of facts successful the tribunal grounds says a pistillate who lived successful the home's basement suite reported to constabulary connected Jan. 6, 2021, that she'd seen radical she didn't cognize bring a "badly beaten and bloodied" woman downstairs, and connected the main floor, she saw a antheral who was beaten and tied up successful a bedroom.

One of the radical accused successful the lawsuit rented the main level suite of the house, and her lad and spouse who lived determination with her were besides charged. Any nexus Wuttunee whitethorn person had to the location wasn't explained successful the agreed facts.

Police arrived astatine the location to find the backmost doorway open, and the bodies of Aldridge and Grandbois inside.

It appeared that they were "being prepared to beryllium removed from the residence," the agreed facts say. Aldridge was hog-tied with an electrical cord and wrapped successful a carpet secured with tape, portion Grandbois was besides wrapped successful a carpet with his hands tied down his back.

Both victims had galore injuries, with the origin of decease ruled arsenic aggregate stab wounds to the caput and neck. An autopsy recovered Aldridge besides had blunt unit injuries, fractured bones and grounds of cervix compression. She'd been stabbed much than 20 times.

According to the agreed facts, assorted pieces of grounds from the country linked DNA from immoderate of the accused to the victims, arsenic good arsenic antithetic portions of the house.

The lawsuit concluded without anyone being recovered criminally liable for sidesplitting Aldrige oregon Grandbois.