Two men have been arrested by the Edmonton Police today for Sunday’s murder of former UFC fighter Ryan Jimmo. Sometimes described by the press as a hit-and-run incident, it turns out that Jimmo got into a parking lot argument with someone in a truck and was walking away from the confrontation when the truck accelerated and ran him over. Security cameras got footage of the vehicle as it fled the scene and police tracked it down on Wednesday.
The Edmonton Police Service released the names and charges of the accused this afternoon on their website. Twenty-three-year-old Anthony Getschel has been charged with second degree murder, criminal negligence causing death, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, and failure to stop at scene of accident involving death. Twenty-one-year-old Jordan Wagner is charged with accessory after the fact to murder.
According to the police, Jimmo and the men did not know each other before the fatal confrontation. It’s a sad closing to a completely unnecessary tragedy … what could possibly have been said in that brief argument with Jimmo that would justify running him down? Based on the charges laid, they could receive up to life in prison for Ryan’s death. These two men killed someone over nothing and have destroyed their own lives in the process.
