SaskatchewanChris Fahlman, 42, is charged with 2nd-degree murder in the death of Tanya Myers. The charges stem from an incident on Sept. 12, when two vehicles were hit by bullets on Highway 39 near Weyburn. Chris Fahlman, 42, charged with 2nd-degree murder in death of Tanya MyersListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Chris Fahlman is also charged with one count of intentionally discharging a firearm while being reckless as to the life or safety of another person. (Chris Fahlman/Facebook)The bail hearing for a Regina man charged with second-degree murder in the highway shooting death of a Weyburn woman will continue Thursday.Chris Fahlman, 42, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tanya Myers, and one count of intentionally discharging a firearm while being reckless as to the life or safety of another person.The charges stem from an incident on Sept. 12, when two vehicles were hit by bullets on Highway 39 near Weyburn. One of the shots hit the SUV in which Myers was a passenger. She died of a gunshot wound.Fahlman appeared at his bail hearing Wednesday at Weyburn Court of King’s Bench, the first time he’s attended a court proceeding related to Myers’s death in person.A publication ban covers the evidence and proceedings at the hearing.Fahlman, wearing a grey dress shirt and jeans, sat in a box behind his lawyer, looking straight ahead for most of the hearing while occasionally fixing his beard.More than a dozen people sat in the courtroom behind Fahlman, some crying while listening to the proceedings.Fahlman didn’t make eye contact with the people there, but nodded his assent when asked if he would like to attend the second day of his bail hearing in person on Thursday, when Judge Michael Morris is expected to make a decision.The Crown is opposing his release.Myers was a passenger in her friend Andrea Morrice’s SUV on the evening of Sept. 12. Morrice recounted the events to CBC in a previous interview.They were returning from a day trip to Regina, where they had shopped and attended a fair focused on crystals, Morrice said.Tanya Myers, 44, was returning from a trip to Regina with a friend when she was shot and killed while travelling in an SUV on Highway 39 near Weyburn. (Submitted by RCMP)They were almost home, about three kilometres north of Weyburn, when a bullet came in through the back tailgate and hit Myers.Morrice told CBC the sound was so loud she thought something had burst inside her ear.“When I looked and saw Tanya’s face, I could tell she was in a lot of pain and I right away just called 911,” she said.Fahlman has been in custody since police stopped his truck and arrested him, guns drawn, on a street in the south end of Regina on Nov. 1.WATCH | Bystander video shows arrest of Chris Fahlman in Regina:Bystander video shows arrest of Chris Fahlman in ReginaChris Fahlman was arrested on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Regina. He is now charged with manslaughter in the death of Tanya Myers, who was a passenger in an SUV when she was shot and killed on a highway near Weyburn, Sask., on Sept. 12, 2025.He was originally charged with manslaughter and three gun-related charges, including careless use of a firearm. The Crown dropped those charges and laid the new ones last week.The matter was also moved from Regina to Weyburn, “as it is the proper jurisdiction,” Crown lawyer David Belanger told CBC News.ABOUT THE AUTHORKatie Swyers is a reporter with CBC Saskatchewan, based in Regina. She is a 2021 Joan Donaldson Scholar and has previously worked for CBC Podcasts, CBC’s Marketplace, CBC’s network investigative unit, CBC Toronto, CBC Manitoba and as a chase producer for Canada Tonight on CBC News Network. You can reach her at katie.swyers@cbc.ca.
Bail hearing for Regina man accused in Sask. highway shooting to continue Thursday
