REGINA – Police have laid charges in connection with Regina's first homicide of the year.
The incident occurred back on Feb. 9, just before noon when RPS was called to a home onthe 600 block of Garnet Street for a report of an injured person.
"Information received was that a male was the victim of an apparent overdose," said RPS in a media release. "Police and EMS arrived and attended to the male."
Five minutes later, EMS pronounced the man as deceased and a death investigation began.
Patrick Badger, 36, was the victim of that murder, and next of kin were notified of his death.
As a result of police investigation by the RPS Major Crimes Unit, two Regina men were charged with second-degree murder.
Peter Anthony Sheepskin, 46, and Darien Toto, 25, will appear on these charges this morning in Regina Provincial Court.
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