‘I thought I was going to die’: Roadside shooting victim testifies at murder trial

By Bill Graveland CALGARY -An Alberta power company worker believed he was a goner one summer day as he stood beside a rural road when two men drove up and one shot him through the arm. Matthew Andres told court the pair wanted his keys and his truck and by the time it was over, he was in a race for his life and another man was dead. Andres was testifying in Court of King’s Bench on Tuesday at the jury trial of Arthur Penner and Elijah Strawberry. They have pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and attempted murder. Crown prosecutor Photini Papadatou has told the jury she will prove the two accused stole a vehicle and were looking to swap it out while setting the original vehicle ablaze when…

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