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Roman Bourque, 23, was charged with manslaughter Friday in relation to the beating death of Emerson Curran.
 Emerson Curran was pronounced dead at an Edmonton hospital on Aug. 25 after an altercation at a Yellowknife house party. |
Manslaughter charge laid in house party death Roman Bourque to appear in court today
Daniel Campbell
Northern News Services
Published Friday, August 30, 2013
SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE
A 23-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of a Emerson Curran following a Yellowknife house party last Saturday.
Yellowknife RCMP arrested Roman Bourque yesterday. He's scheduled to appear in Yellowknife territorial court at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 30.
Curran was pronounced dead at an Edmonton hospital on Aug. 25. He was medevaced there after being seriously injured at a house party on Loutitt Street in Frame Lake South shortly after midnight on Aug. 24.
An altercation went down at the party, in which witnesses say Curran struck first. Bourque allegedly retaliated, knocking him onto a piano then raining blows upon him. Curran was knocked unconscious. Two bystanders attempted to provide CPR but were blocked by crowds of party-goers, according to witnesses. He was transported to Stanton Territorial Hospital shortly afterwards.
RCMP interviewed more than 100 witnesses during their investigation. They are thanking the public for their assistance in the aftermath of the tragedy.
Curran was in Yellowknife for the summer working as a dock hand for Air Tindi's floatbase in Old Town. He's originally from Ottawa and was scheduled to fly home the day after the house party.
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