Woman charged with 1st-degree murder in Regina homicide case linked to fatal police shooting

Police have arrested a second person in connection with a homicide that two plainclothes Regina police officers were investigating when one of them fatally shot a 29-year-old man on July 18.

Terrina Pelletier, 48, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 53-year-old Brando Peji earlier this month, according to a Regina police news release. Pelletier made her first appearance in court Wednesday.

Bradley Gardiner, 19, was charged with manslaughter and forcible confinement on Friday.

On July 14, Regina police found Peji's body after being called to the 3,000 block of Fourth Avenue in the city's North Central neighborhood.

Police originally called Peji's death suspicious, but deemed it a homicide the following day. The major crimes unit began investigating. 

During that investigation, two plainclothes Regina Police officers confronted an unnamed 29-year-old man "wanted in connection" with Peji's death in the alley between Athol and Garnet streets, police say.

After issuing commands, one officer shot and killed the 29-year-old with a single round, according to a preliminary report by Saskatchewan's Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT). 

SIRT is an independent civilian-led unit responsible for investigating incidents where people are hurt or killed during interactions with police in Saskatchewan, and is currently investigating the fatal police shooting.

Police have not publicly identified the 29-year-old man killed.

Acting Regina Police Chief Lorilee Davies said the officer involved has been with the force for 22 years and is currently off work, co-operating with SIRT.

Peji's death is the city's seventh homicide of 2025.