RCMP Southern Alberta District Major Crimes Unit lay second degree murder charge

By Kristine Jean
Southern Alberta Newspapers

A 30-year-old resident of Blood First Nation is dead following an incident in the Moses Lake area on Oct. 20.  

Blood Tribe Police Service and Cardston RCMP were called to a residence shortly after 5 a.m. in the Moses Lake area after a report of a male suffering from a gun shot wound. Life saving measures were attempted, however, 30-year-old Stone Black Rider was pronounced deceased at the scene. 

RCMP Major Crimes Unit took over the investigation, and with the assistance of Blood Tribe Police Service, Lethbridge and Coaldale RCMP Police Dog Services, and Cardston RCMP, arrested 20-year-old Tyler Bird, a resident of Blood First Nation on the same day. Bird has been charged with second degree murder. 

Following a judicial interim release hearing, Bird was remanded into custody and appeared in Alberta Court of Justice in Lethbridge on Oct. 21.