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On July 25, 2024, RCMP Major Crime Services charged Stony Mountain Institution inmate Nukota Peters, 22, with second-degree murder in relation to this homicide. He remains in custody. The investigation continues.
On July 22, 2024, at approximately 7:30 pm, Headingley RCMP were dispatched to a report of a serious assault that occurred at Stony Mountain Institution.
Upon arrival, officers found a 37-year old male suffering from serious injuries. He was transported to Health Sciences Centre where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Dean Young, an inmate from Stony Mountain Institution, was the victim. At the time of his death, Young had been serving a sentence of eight years, 10 months and 27 days for aggravated assault, break and enter and commit, and careless use/storage of a firearm since May 13, 2022.
Members of the RCMP Forensic Identification Unit (FIS) and RCMP Major Crime Services were called to assist, and MCU has since taken carriage of the investigation.
