Manslaughter charge laid in 2015 death of gas station clerk

The Edmonton Police Service has laid a charge of manslaughter in relation to the October 2015 death of a gas station clerk.

On Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 at approximately 3:30 p.m., Southeast Division officers responded to a call of trouble not known at a gas station in the area of 75 Avenue and 50 Street. It was reported a male customer at the gas station was involved in a physical dispute with a male employee. EMS treated and transported the employee to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

On Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, the employee died in hospital. An autopsy determined Surinder Pal Singh, 61, died as a result of head trauma. The EPS Homicide Section took over the investigation.

The male customer involved in the altercation, 34-year-old Douglas Joseph Chestnut, was charged with manslaughter on Wednesday, June 8, 2016.

Surinder Pal Singh’s death was Edmonton’s 19^th homicide in 2015.

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