Calgary police lay charges in Shawn McCormack homicide
Posted Nov 10, 2022 2:49 pm.
Last Updated Nov 11, 2022 11:46 am.
Calgary police laid charges against a woman Friday in relation to a homicide that happened this summer.
Police received calls about a body in an alley in the Upper Mount Royal area, in the city’s southwest, early in the morning on July 3.
CPS later confirmed the victim was 34-year-old Shawn Garry McCormack, with investigators saying the incident was targeted.
Investigators believe he was killed in the Forest Lawn neighbourhood.
Police say 44-year-old Calgary woman Laura Lavorato is facing one count each of manslaughter and possession of a loaded prohibited firearm in connection with McCormack’s death.
She is set to appear in court Monday, Nov. 14.
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The latest arrest comes after police charged Calgary man Devon William Shedrick with first-degree murder. He was taken into custody in late September.
Officers have also asked for the public’s help in finding 30-year-old Justin Aaron Cornell because they believe he has information about the homicide.
Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call police at 403-266-1234 or leave a tip anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
-With files from Joey Chini
