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A man already charged as part of a Calgary drug cartel has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a brazen daylight double murder in a southeast Superstore parking lot.

Blais Delaire was picked up by city police from the Calgary Remand Centre where he was in custody after being arrested during Project Arbour, an investigation by detectives from ALERT (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team).

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Delaire was originally charged with weapons offences after Colin Reitberger, 23, and Anees Amr, 26, were gunned down in front of shoppers in the parking lot of the Real Canadian Superstore on 130th Avenue S.E. on May 17.

As Postmedia reported Wednesday, Delaire has been charged with two additional counts of manslaughter with a firearm.

“Based on our investigation and the information we gathered, the file was forwarded to the assigned Crown prosecutor who decided that in relation to Mr. Delaire, the charges approved were manslaughter,” said Staff Sgt. Colin Chisholm, of the Calgary Police Service Homicide Unit during a Thursday morning press conference.