US EditionTwo teenagers charged with murder in shooting at Ginoogaming First Nation: OPP
Two Brampton teens face second-degree murder and attempted murder charges after a drug-related shooting in Ginoogaming First Nation, officials said a state of emergency was re-declared.
- On Wednesday, Ontario Provincial Police charged two teenagers with second-degree murder and attempted murder after a shooting on Echum Drive in Ginoogaming First Nation left one dead and another injured.
- Nishnawbe Aski Nation alleged Thursday the shooting was drug-related and re-declared a state of emergency over the escalating crisis of illegal drugs and deaths in Ginoogaming.
- On Thursday afternoon, officers arrested two Brampton teenagers—18-year-old Quintin Hooper and a 15-year-old youth whose identity is withheld under the Youth Criminal Justice Act; both remain in custody pending court appearances at the Thunder Bay Courthouse, with a postmortem to be conducted in Toronto.
- The OPP issued a two-day shelter-in-place order closing local schools and advising Ginoogaming residents to stay indoors, with increased police presence expected as the search for two armed suspects continues.
- The OPP's northwest region crime unit is continuing the investigation with the Anishinabek Police Service, the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, while a postmortem will be conducted in Toronto.
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Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged two Brampton teenagers with second-degree murder and attempted murder related to a shooting in Ginoogaming First Nation this week that led to a shelter-in-place order. The parents of the man killed want more done to keep violence out of northern First Nations, many of which have limited resources compared to southern cities.
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Two teenagers charged with murder in shooting at Ginoogaming First Nation: OPP
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Two teenagers charged with murder in shooting at Ginoogaming First Nation: OPP – 105.9 The Region
Provincial police say two teenagers have been charged with second-degree murder after a shooting in a northern Ontario First Nation on Wednesday left one person dead and another injured. Police say they were called to the scene at Echum Drive in Ginoogaming First Nation around 2:15 a.m. for a report of shots fired, and officers found one person dead and another hurt. OPP issued a two-day shelter-in-place order as officers searched for two armed …
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