La Loche shooting: 911 calls and victim statements read in court
“His lack of empathy and mercy makes me want to throw up.”
This was a line from one of the victim impact statements submitted into court during the sentencing hearing of the then 17-year-old shooter who killed four people injured seven others in La Loche in January, 2016. The hearings took place at the Meadow Lake Courthouse, with CCTV Broadcast to the court site in La Loche.
The graphic details of the case were heard on the morning of May 16 as part of a hearing to determine if the now 18-year-old could either face sentencing as an adult or teen. He cannot be named due to a court-ordered publication ban under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
In October the teen pleaded guilty to the first-degree murders of teacher’s aide Marie Janvier, 21, and teacher Adam Wood, 35, as well as second-degree murder in the deaths of brothers Dayne and Drayden Fontaine, who were shot in their home. He also pleaded guilty to seven counts of attempted murder.