What I saw that day I can’t get out of my head.”Īs for what set off the violence, Arcand said: “We’re all looking for those same answers. After that, he said, “I woke up in the middle of the night just screaming and yelling.

This is why she is a hero.”Īrcand rushed to the reserve the morning of the rampage. “Right outside of her home she was killed by senseless acts. My sister went out and tried to help her son, and she was stabbed two times, and she died right beside him,” he said. “Her son was lying there already deceased. Mark Arcand said his half sister Bonnie and her son Gregory were killed. The Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service said nine of those killed were from the James Smith Cree Nation: Thomas Burns, 23 Carol Burns, 46 Gregory Burns, 28 Lydia Gloria Burns, 61 Bonnie Burns, 48 Earl Burns, 66 Lana Head, 49 Christian Head, 54 and Robert Sanderson, 49, One was from Weldon, 78-year-old Wesley Patterson.Īuthorities would not say how the victims might be related. Investigators have not given a motive for the bloodshed. “I’m extremely concerned with what occurred here. “I want to know the reasons behind the decision” to release him, Mendicino said. His long and lurid rap sheet also showed that seven years ago, he attacked and stabbed one of the victims killed in the weekend rampage, according to court records.Ĭanadian Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said there will be an investigation into the parole board’s assessment of Sanderson. But he had been wanted by police since May, apparently for violating the terms of his release, though the details were not immediately clear. He was released by a parole board in February while serving a sentence of over four years on charges that included assault and robbery. The stabbing rampage raised questions of why Myles Sanderson – an ex-con with 59 convictions and a long history of shocking violence – was out on the streets in the first place.

Some family members of the victims arrived at the scene Wednesday, including Brian Burns, whose wife and son were killed. I hope they can rest easy knowing that Myles Sanderson is no longer a threat to them.” Later, she added: “I hope that this brings them closure. “This evening our province breathing a collective sigh of relief,” Blackmore said. “Now that Myles is deceased we may never have an understanding of that motivation,” she said.īut she started off her remarks that the news conference by stressing that people in Saskatchewan can rest easier. Police are investigating whether Myles Sanderson killed his brother.īlackmore said that with both men dead, authorities will find it hard to figure out what set off the rampage.

His death came two days after the body of his brother, 30-year-old Damien Sanderson, was found in a field near the scene of their rampage, which also wounded 18 people. Some photos and video taken from a distance appeared to show Sanderson being frisked. Video and photos from the scene showed a white SUV off to the side of the road with police cars all around. But an official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, earlier said Sanderson died of self-inflicted injuries, without giving any further details.

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