Nobody held responsible for pulling trigger in fatal Calgary shooting as third plea deal made

The third and final person charged in connection with the drug-related shooting death of TylerSandersonhas pleaded guilty ahead of trial andnobody has ever admitted to or been held accountable for pulling the trigger.

LoriHeavenfirewas originally charged with second-degree murder but has pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to manslaughter with a firearm.

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A joint submission for a one-year sentence was proposed by prosecutors Kyra Kondro and Gianna Argento along with defence lawyers Kim Arial and Dale Fedorchuk.

With credit for the time she'd already served,Heavenfirewill spend no more time behind bars.

TylerSandersonwas shot in the cheston May 15, 2016, while in the backseat ofHeavenfire'scar, outside his home in the northeast community of Marlborough Park.

Afterward,Sandersonstumbled to the back steps of his house and collapsed.

Sanderson'smother and girlfriend found the injured man and tried unsuccessfully to save him but he died at Foothills hospital shortly after.

2 others plead guilty

At the time ofSanderson'sdeath, police saidthe Calgary manwas killed during a drug deal gone wrong.

In the hours before he was killed,Heavenfirewas hanging out with Dylan Calf and Justin CecilScott at her home on theTsuut'inaNation Reserve.

The trio then drove into Calgary, where they had contact withSanderson.

Prosecutors could not prove "that [Heavenfire] was aware of a plan to injure Mr.Sanderson, participation of the infliction of the injuries or that a weapon was present," according to the agreed statement of facts read aloud on Monday.

In May2017, Calf, who had also been charged originallywith second-degree murder,pleaded guilty to robbery.

Scott was originally charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of accessory after the fact to manslaughter.

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