Teen Suspect In Saskatchewan Shootings To Make Court Appearance Today

The 17-year-old, who can not be identified under Canadian law, was indicted on four counts of first-degree or premeditated murder and seven counts of attempted murder, as well as a weapons charge. They rush to the Dene Crescent home and find Drayden Fontaine, 13, and Dayne Fontaine, 17, dead.

“I’m not going to make any comments about that, other than it will be something the Crown will be considering”.

The northern community of La Loche is in shock following the events at the La Loche Community School Friday afternoon.

A 17-year-old is facing first degree murder charges after two schoolteachers and two teenage brothers were shot dead in the remote Canadian community of La Loche on Friday. He will next appear in court by video from jail on February 22.

He said that like a couple times, ‘ ” said Janvier. “And the copy cat type of people are going to be more susceptible to act out in violence”, Mark Klein told the gathering of about 60 people, some of whose children go to school in La Loche.

“I do blame the bullying”, Montgrand said. “Saskatchewan Education and Social Services will be available to provide all necessary crisis support and counselling services to the school and the community”.

In a statement, the family says the leaders of the village need to be heard to prevent similar losses in the future.

The 16-year-old said the teen suspect would message the others in his circle of friends about not being treated equally or fairly by his family. “I want to let people know that this is something that happened, and it could happen anywhere”, he said. “We need to rally around investing in our youth”, said Merasty. Two other victims, teenage brothers, were shot and killed at a nearby home.

“No words will bring my babies back”, Dr. Shefali Thakore, who used to work in the community, recalls Fontaine saying to her about how she feels about the suspect. Asked outside court how his client was doing, Mokuruk said: “He’s upset”.

“He’s upset. Much like his demeanour in court, he was not at all happy, which is understandable. It’s a very tragic situation”.

Bobby Cameron, Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, said the shooting Friday was the worst tragedy to ever hit the community of 3,000. One young man who gave his name as Perry was moved to tears as he spoke into a microphone at the front of the room. This could be any community.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to ratify a UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Philpott said she was with Angus. My thoughts and prayers are with all the victims, their families and friends and all the people of the community.

“They focused on pretty basic bread and butter issues, like the lack of a proper youth centre and recreational facilities in the community, housing conditions in the community, a sense of isolation from the rest of the province and the rest of the country”, he said in the foyer of the House of Commons.