17-Year Old Boy Charged with Murder for Mass Shooting in School and Home at Saskatchewan, Canada

Police authorities charged a 17 year old boy with four counts of first degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder over his mass shooting at a school and a home. The Officials reported that the incident happened on Friday in a remote aboriginal community in Western Canada.

According to Fox News, the suspect is a minor and his identity will be revealed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act in Canada. The 17 year old boy reportedly shot nine people inside the school, two of them, a teacher and the teacher's aide were fatally wounded on the incident. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supt. Grant St. Germaine also said, the other seven people were wounded and were treated in the hospital.

Four deaths were reported on the Friday's mass shooting, including the female teacher's aide, who died at the scene as well as a male teacher who was brought to the hospital but eventually died there. The Boston Herald reported, two brothers died in a home namely, Dayne Fountaine, 17 and Drayden Fountaine, 13. The minor suspect shot and killed the two before he came over to the grade 7-12 La Loche Community School. Police authorities received a call after the reports of shots fired at school.

Police also said they still don't know the minor suspect's motive and did not also disclose the gun use on the incident. The school is also located in the remote Dene aboriginal community of La Loche in Saskatchewan Province.

Grant St. Germaine said, "This is a significant event for Canada. It's a huge impact on the community of La Loche. It's a part of changing times. We are seeing more violence."According to Fox News, school and university campus shooting is rare to happened in Canada.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who was at the time, in Davos, Switzerland for the the World Economic Forum called the incident, "every parent's worst nightmare." Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall also said, he cannot express his shock and sorrow at the horrific incident in La Loche.

Bruce Heyman, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada also reached out his condolences and noted the similar cases of schoolshootings in the United States.

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