Man shot; RCMP asking for public’s help in locating suspect

The general investigation and forensic identification sections of the Battlefords RCMP are working with Loon Lake RCMP to investigate a shooting incident over the weekend near Meadow Lake. 

Police say the incident happened Saturday evening around 11 p.m. Police were called after an adult male arrived in hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound. RCMP say the shooting happened at a home in the community of Loon Lake. 

The 29-year-old man has since been released from hospital. 

RCMP have now charged 18-year-old Kyla Cheenanow of the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation in connection with the incident. Cheenanow is charged with careless use of a firearm, pointing a firearm, possession of a firearm while not authorized and failure to comply with an undertaking.