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Showing off his AR-15 rifle to a friend during a small drinking party turned deadly when the weapon fired, a Calgary court heard Friday.
Crown prosecutor Mike Ewenson told provincial court Judge Catherine Skene that a witness reported Ian Charles Abercrombie was pointing his AR-15 rifle in a “joking manner” when it discharged, killing Shane Smith instantly.
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Abercrombie, 24, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of criminal negligence causing death in connection with the June 6 incident. He had been charged with second-degree murder.