Dale “Brett” Stogden, 50, was killed while at a bus stop in August 2025
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- Three men have been convicted in the fatal shooting of Dale “Brett” Stogden, 50, who was shot at a bus stop in Wakefield, England, in August 2025
- Police said Stogden, a father of two who had recently recovered from lung cancer, was likely not the intended target of the shooting
- Stogden’s two daughters described their late father as a “gentle giant” with a “heart of gold”
Three men in England have been convicted in the shooting death of a father who had recently recovered from cancer — a man authorities say was likely not the intended target.
Police were called to a bus stop in Wakefield, a small city in the northern part of the country, at approximately 9:43 p.m. local time on Aug. 12, 2025, according to a press release from West Yorkshire Police (WYP).
Upon arrival, officers found a man — who was later identified as 50-year-old Dale Stogden — with a single gunshot wound. Stogden, who was known by friends and loved ones as Brett, died at a local hospital later that night, per the release.
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Further investigation revealed that Leyton Davies, 28, shot Stogden from the passenger seat of a stolen Toyota RAV4. Adam Ahmed, 21, and Marc Carter, 20, were also in the vehicle at the time of the incident, according to police.
Police stated that messages sent between Davies, Ahmed and Carter from earlier in the day revealed that they were looking for two men whom Stogden was with at the bus stop at the time of the shooting.
Davies was convicted of murder on March 12 in connection with the shooting following a two-week trial. Ahmed and Carter were both convicted of manslaughter, per the WYP press release.
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“From what we now understand of this crime, it looks like Brett was not the intended target of this shooting. However, as was made clear throughout this trial, killing the wrong person is no defense,” Detective Chief Inspector James Entwistle, the Senior Investigating Officer on the case, said in a statement.
“Him not being the target certainly does not take away from the grief that Brett’s family and friends have suffered,” he added.
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WYP did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
In an interview with SWNS shortly after his death, Stogden’s two daughters, Piper and Alyssa, who were 18 and 20 respectively at the time, revealed that their dad had recently recovered from lung cancer.
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“He got the all clear in February [2025], and now he is gone because of one vicious, cruel act,” they said.
“Dad had the biggest heart of gold, and no matter what he was going through, he always had a smile on his face,” they continued. “We will always remember Dad as the kindest and the funniest person in the world.”
“We will really miss him. His voice, his smile and his hugs … he was a gentle giant,” they added.
Family friend Diana Green said that Piper and Alyssa were “heartbroken” over the loss of their father in a statement to the outlet at the time.
“They were at the age where they could get to know him and they were doing just that. Their lives are now never going to be the same,” Green added.
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