On Oct. 1, 2023, at approximately 7:30 a.m., Elk Point RCMP were called to a residence for a reported shooting. Upon arrival, police located one male who had been shot. The male was declared deceased on scene by EMS.
RCMP Major Crimes Unit (MCU) took carriage of the investigation, and the autopsy determined that the manner of death was a homicide. As a result of their investigation, MCU have arrested one individual in connection to the death of Kevin Buffalo, a 36-year old resident of Frog Lake.
A 22-year-old individual, a resident of Frog Lake, has been charged with the following offence:
- Second-degree murder
The individual was taken before a justice of the peace and was remanded into custody. He appeared in court on Oct. 3, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice in St. Paul via CCTV.