18-Year-Old Hockey Player in Custody After 41-Year-Old Sadly Dies Following Confrontation
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Following some developments surrounding the death of a 41-year-old, Tyler Totten, an 18-year-old hockey player, has been taken into custody.
According to the court document, Andre Bourgeois passed away on September 22 from wounds he received in a violent attack. According to his obituary, he sadly passed away on September 27.
The attack, according to Fredericton police, took place early on September 22 outside the Tannery, a park-like area with a number of bars on either side between King and Queen streets. A week later, police confirmed in a press release that two men had been attacked, one of whom had suffered serious injuries.
"Two men were assaulted, one seriously," police said in a statement On Sept. 29, a week after the assault took place.
Andre Bourgeois died a few weeks after this late-night altercation in downtown Fredericton, and Tyler Totten, an 18-year-old Junior A hockey player with the Fredericton Red Wings, was charged with manslaughter.
In connection with the beating, three young people-two of whom were 17 years old and one of whom was 16-were also charged with manslaughter. None of the young people can be identified as confirmed members of the Red Wings organization due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
The team and the league are working with Fredericton police, according to Maritime Junior Hockey League spokesperson James Faulkner, who also stated that the issue is unrelated to hockey. Kyle McAllister, the Red Wings' general manager, declined to comment. The hockey community will undoubtedly be closely monitoring this case as it progresses.
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