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Man and woman charged in Abbotsford slaying of Chad Colivas

Tanner Fox, 22, has been charged with second degree murder and Laetitia Acera, 30, has been charged with manslaughter.

Charges have been laid a homicide in Abbotsford last spring.
ABBOTSFORD, BC., March 22, 2022 - Abbotsford police on scene at a house at 3513 Latimer St and Ivy Crt. in Abbotsford, BC., on March 22, 2022. A 41 tear old male is reported dead from a gunshot wound with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) en route to the scene. (NICK PROCAYLO/PNG) 00067015A [PNG Merlin Archive] Photo by NICK PROCAYLO /PNG

A man and a woman have been charged in relation to the homicide of 41-year-old Chad Colivas in Abbotsford last spring.

On Saturday, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said Tanner Fox, 22, has been charged with second degree murder and Laetitia Acera, 30, has been charged with manslaughter. Both are from Abbotsford.

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On March 21, 2022, shortly before 10 p.m., Abbotsford police responded to a shooting at a home in the 3500-block of Latimer Street.

Officers and paramedics arrived at the home and located a man suffering from gun shot wounds. Emergency crews tried to save the man’s life but he died.

IHIT was called in to take over the investigation. Police say Colivas was not linked to gang activity in the Lower Mainland.

Fox and Acera were arrested on Friday.  IHIT says no further details about the case will be released at this time.

ticrawford@postmedia.com