Two Men Charged In Connection With Infamous Alberta Mountie Shootings

In a case many have long waited for news regarding, Alberta RCMP charged two men with four counts of first-degree murder each in the fatal shootings of four Mounties near Mayerthorpe in 2005.

Dennis Keegan Rodney Cheeseman, 23, and Shawn William Hennesey, 28, both of Barrhead, Alta. are accused of responsibility for what Deputy Commissioner Bill Sweeney called the “darkest day in the history of the RCMP.”

“Today we have been able to provide Canadians with the first significant update on the Mayerthorpe investigation,” Sweeney said Sunday.

Gunman James Roszko ambushed the Mounties on March 3, 2005 at a farm northwest Edmonton. It was the RCMP’s greatest loss of life in a single day in more than a century. Roszko, a virulent cop hater, later shot himself.
  
Cheeseman and Hennesey were not at the farm during the shootings, but rather are accused of aiding and abetting Roszko, though no one is saying exactly how.

“It is truly recognized that many questions remain unanswered,” Sweeney said. “We have an obligation and responsibility to respect due process.”

Hennesey was arrested just hours before Sweeney announced the charges, while Cheeseman was arrested Saturday.

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