3 charged in Elsipogtog shooting death
Oct 20, 2026
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A third person has been charged after the shooting death
of a 21-year-old in eastern New Brunswick.
RCMP say Haven Francis was shot
and killed in Elsipogtog First Nation on October 13th.
Police say officers were called just before 2
a.m. on that day about a man shot outside a home.
Police say Haven Francis was found dead.
Brian Christmas appeared in Moncton Provincial Court on Monday
and was charged with first-degree murder.
The 38-year-old from Elsipogtog is scheduled
to return to court on October 26th.
Christmas is the second person facing a murder charge.
RCMP say a man was arrested Friday at an airport
in Montreal attempting to board a flight to Dubai.
Abdel El-Sheikh Khoury of Ottawa was charged
on Saturday with first-degree murder.
He was brought to New Brunswick
and appeared in Moncton Court on Tuesday.
He remains remanded and returns to court November 10th.
Kelsey Claire of Elsipogtog
also faces a charge of being an accessory after the fact of murder.
She's accused of assisting Khoury to escape.
The 35-year-old appeared in Moncton Provincial Court on Tuesday,
but didn't have a lawyer present.
She returns to court October 28th.

