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Four charged after May homicide in Maple Ridge, including Charles Thomas Shields, 25

IHIT announced Saturday that Shields faces one count of first-degree murder. Four people in total have been charged after the homicide.

By Northline Newsroom
1 min read

Reported by Global News; IHIT release not yet reviewed.

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Police tape marking off a crime scene. Photo: Richard Bell / Unsplash · Unsplash License

Charges have been laid against four people after a homicide in Maple Ridge in May, Global News reported.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) announced on Saturday that Charles Thomas Shields, 25, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder.

For people in Maple Ridge and the surrounding Metro Vancouver communities, the case now moves from investigation to the courts. A charge is an allegation and has not been tested in court.

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