The conviction last week of drug trafficker Dennis Tyler Okeymow should serve as a stark warning to those who illegally sell contraband firearms that their legal jeopardy just got a lot more significant.

In late January or early February 2023, Okeymow sold a rifle to 16-year-old Roman Shewchuk.

On March 12, 2023, the Edmonton teen severely wounded Pizza Hut worker Richard Albert by shooting him in the head.

Then, in the early morning hours of March 16, 2023, Shewchuk fatally shot Edmonton police officers Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan, who were responding to a domestic complaint at the teen’s home.

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Shewchuk then turned the firearm on his mother, Kateryna, seriously injuring her, before turning the weapon on himself, ending his life.

Okeymow was convicted by Court of King’s Bench Justice John Little of 10 charges, most notably manslaughter with a firearm of the two officers and Shewchuk, as the judge found........

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