A St. Albert youth who was shot on June 29 and suffered serious injuries is in stable condition but still in hospital.
The youth, 16, and a friend, 15, were on a rural property on Range Road 255 near St. Albert when they were confronted by an individual with a firearm who shot the 16-year-old.
RCMP have charged Sturgeon County resident Jim Bregin, 84, with aggravated assault, using a firearm in the commission of an offence, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and intentional reckless discharge of a firearm.
The youths were trespassing on the rural property, said Cpl. Troy Savinkoff, a public information officer with the RCMP.
They were looking at abandoned vehicles on the property when one of them was struck by a bullet.
Bregin will appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Morinville on July 4.
