Fallen Four: The Mayerthorpe Tragedy (Part 2): The Shooting & Aftermath

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🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Episode 242: On March 3, 2005, a contingent of RCMP constables, attended the property of James Michael Roszko, 46 in Rochfort Bridge, near Mayerthorpe, Alberta. The members were there to serve a search warrant for stolen property and a marijuana-growing operation on the farm, discovered the day before. Roszko, knowing the police would be arriving soon, armed himself with the help of a couple friends, Shawn Hennessey and Dennis Cheeseman, and then he laid in wait for the RCMP. When four of the officers, Anthony Gordon, Lionide “Leo” Johnston, Brock Myrol and Peter Schiemann, walked into a quonset hut on the farm. Roszko, hidden inside the building, opened fire on the four members, killing them and then himself before the other RCMP members on site could come to their aid. In the last episode we learned of the life of the murderer leading up to the day of the slaying of the four RCMP members. In this episode you’ll hear about the crime and its aftermath. Sources: Town of Mayerthorpe: Home CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE STATISTICS - Darkness to Light Report to the Attorney General : public inquiry into the deaths of Cst. Anthony Gordon, Cst. Lionide Johnston, Cst. Brock Myrol, Cst. Peter Schiemann and Mr. James Roszko - Open Government Report to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General Public Fatality Inquiry - PDF Fallen Four | Home Fallen Four Memorial Park & Visitor Information Centre | Facebook Line of Fire by Edward Butts - Ebook | Scribd James Roszko | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers RCMP Tribute to Five Officers Mayerthorpe Tragedy - Wikipedia 2008 ABQB 242 (CanLII) | R. v. Hennessey | CanLII 2008 ABQB 282 (CanLII) | R. v. Cheeseman | CanLII 2009 ABQB 60 (CanLII) | R. v. Hennessey | CanLII 2010 ABCA 274 (CanLII) | R. v. Hennessey | CanLII Murder charge approved in Burnaby RCMP officer’s killing | CTV News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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