Andrew Joseph Fitzgerald was picked up in Bassano on Wednesday by police after a Canada-wide search warrant was issued for his arrest.

Andrew Joseph Fitzgerald was picked up in Bassano on Wednesday by police after a Canada-wide search warrant was issued for his arrest.He is accused of manslaughter and aggravated assault in the death of Sharmarke Mohamed Warsame, 39, and of assaulting another man, Abdirahaman Kerow, 31. the two victims allegedly met a number of men outside Brooks on the pretext of buying drugs.Warsame managed to call 911 at some point, but wasn't able to tell police his location.
His body was found five days later, on Sept. 5.One of the suspects in the killing, Carl Haywood, 42, has been charged with first-degree murder and with attempting to murder Kerow, who managed to escape.During the past two weeks, police arrested three other men. Darryl Gaffney, 27, is charged with manslaughter, accessory to murder after the fact and party to manslaughter.Jason Carr, 33, is accused of manslaughter and aggravated assault. He was arrested on another matter two weeks ago in Medicine Hat.Also arrested recently in Medicine Hat was Tyler Lorimer, 26. He is charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault.

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