The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, May 17
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EMOTIONAL STATEMENTS FROM SCHOOL SHOOTING VICTIMS: An assistant principal shot at a school in northern Saskatchewan says the teenage gunman must be sentenced as an adult because he alone chose to pull the trigger. The teen committed adult crimes and should do adult time, Phyllis Longobardi said Wednesday in an emotional victim impact statement at a sentencing hearing in Meadow Lake, Sask. Longobardi was one of 11 people shot when gunfire broke out at a home and then the high school in La Loche in January 2016. Two brothers, Dayne and Drayden Fontaine, were killed at the home. Court has heard Dayne was shot 11 times, despite pleading with the shooter, saying, “I don’t want to die.” Teacher Adam Wood and teacher’s aide Marie Janvier were killed and seven others were hurt at the school. The teen has pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder. He was just shy of his 18th birthday at the time of the shooting and cannot be named. The hearing is to determine if he is sentenced as a youth or an adult.
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