Schools, band office closed after Saskatchewan shooting kills one, injures another
RCMP say the suspect was arrested after a shelter-in-place order, and schools and the band office will stay closed for the rest of the week.
- A shooting near the local health clinic in Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan, killed one person and injured another on Monday. The RCMP took a suspect into custody late Monday after ordering residents to shelter in place for nearly six hours.
- Following the violence, officials with Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation ordered schools and the band office closed for the week. The health centre will provide limited services to clients with serious medical needs to ensure community safety.
- Dr. John-Michael Stevens, who has served the clinic for nine years, stated that community members are "very, very fearful." He warned the resilient spirit of Pelican Narrows is being "torn down" by recent acts of violence.
- Returning to Pelican Narrows on Tuesday, Stevens expects to find a community that is "emotionally broken" and in need of support. He plans to focus on "a lot of debriefing, a lot of chatting, supporting" to help residents.
- Stevens, who lives in Saskatoon, received news of the shooting while working in Sandy Bay, Sask., about 70 kilometres away. He told The Canadian Press that residents fear it is "only a matter of time" before a larger tragedy occurs.
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The RCMP is working to identify the motive of a shooter who killed a woman and seriously injured a man in an isolated community in northern Saskatchewan.
RCMP investigate shooting left 1 dead, 1 injured in Pelican Narrows
RCMP are working to determine the motive for a shooting that left a woman dead and a man seriously injured in a remote community in northern Saskatchewan. The shooting happened Monday near the health centre in Pelican Narrows, 500 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon. When officers arrived, they found the woman and the man at different spots on the same road, RCMP said. The woman died at the scene and the man was taken to hospital. Residents were o…
The RCMP held a press briefing on Tuesday after the arrest on Monday night of the alleged shooter from the village of Pelican Narrows, north of Saskatchewan.
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RCMP investigating motive in Saskatchewan shooting that left 1 dead, 1 injured
PELICAN NARROWS — RCMP say they're trying to determine the motive behind a shooting that left a woman dead and a man seriously injured in a remote community in northern Saskatchewan.
Suspect in custody after woman killed, man injured in shooting in Pelican Narrows, Sask.
The RCMP provided an update on the situation in Pelican Narrows, Sask., on Tuesday morning after an active shooter alert was issued on Monday. One suspect is now in custody after a woman died and a man was injured.
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