US EditionMan admits responsibility in shooting deaths of two people in Lac Brochet, Manitoba house
- Leon Mercredi admitted shooting two people dead in a Lac Brochet house on September 9, 2021.
- The shootings followed a disagreement, and Mercredi claimed he did not know the gun was loaded or intend to kill.
- Mercredi fled after setting the house on fire to destroy evidence, was arrested in April 2024, and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last week.
- Mercredi, 23, shot Leona Tssessaze in the chest and fatally wounded 31-year-old Brent Denechezhe with a gunshot to the head; his sentencing is scheduled for next month.
- The killings deeply affected the Dene community, and the sentence is expected to be life imprisonment with 15 years before parole eligibility.
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