Teen facing four counts of murder in Saskatchewan shooting
Posted Jan 23, 2016 03:39:35 PM.
Last Updated Jan 23, 2016 03:49:41 PM.
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LA LOCHE, Sask. – Police say a 17-year-old has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder in a mass shooting at a school and home in northern Saskatchewan.
The male can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Police say they were called to the high school in La Loche shortly after the lunch hour on Friday for reports of a shooting.
They say they were able to arrest an armed suspect after a chase through the halls.
Officers found nine staff and students had been shot, one woman, who was a teachers aide, died at the scene while a male teacher died in hospital.
Police then went to a home in La Loche where they found a 17-year-old and 13-year-old dead.
