Second brother who killed 'outstanding' Siksika athlete handed 12-year sentence
CBC NewsKristian Ayoungman, a 24-year-old hockey player and champion powwow dancer from the Siksika in southern Alberta, was shot while he and his friends were in a vehicle being chased down a rural highway between Strathmore and Siksika on March 17, 2019.With credit for time served plus a six-month reduction for harsh pandemic-related conditions at the Calgary Remand Centre, Brandon Giffen has about 6½ years left to serve.
Ayoungman was a "young man of outstanding character who had the love and admiration of his whole community," said Court of Queen's Bench Justice Robert Hall.The killing took place after two groups of friends argued in the parking lot of a Strathmore pub. Kody Giffen bought a pack of cigarettes from Ayoungman but there were a few missing.
Coincidentally, Ayoungman was dropping off a friend at the same building, and the two groups encountered each other a second time. Another altercation took place.When confronted with the gun, Ayoungman and his friends fled in a pickup truck.As the two groups drove south on Highway 817, Kody pulled over.In August 2020, Kody Giffen pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to four years in prison.
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