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Calgary police identify victim of deadly shooting

Calgary police investigate a fatal shooting on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. Calgary police investigate a fatal shooting on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.
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Calgary police have released the identity of a man shot to death in the community of Forest Lawn on Thursday.

Officers were called to the 900 block of 40 Street S.E. for reports of a shooting at 7:20 p.m.

Investigators found a man with gunshot wounds at the scene.

The victim was taken to hospital where he later died.

On Friday, following an autopsy, police revealed the victim was 62-year-old Michael Vesterfelt.

Police say his death is Calgary's 14th homicide of 2024.

Anyone with information about Vesterfelt's death is asked to call police at 403-266-1234.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers.

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