A picture taken at the time of the incident. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

By Nigel Maxwell

Court proceedings

Crescent Heights shooting results in 7-year sentence

Sep 8, 2025 | 4:13 PM

A man responsible for a shooting incident and subsequent nine-hour standoff with police in Prince Albert’s Crescent Heights neighbourhood, has received a seven-year prison sentence.

With credit for time spent in remand, 23-year-old Harley Theriault has roughly four years and seven months left to serve.

He appeared in person for Monday’s hour long hearing at provincial court and was supported in the gallery area by two family members. Guilty pleas were entered last June to discharging a firearm with intent to wound, possession of an unauthorized firearm and breach of a previous court order related to possessing a gun.

In the late evening of Feb. 28, 2024, police were called to a residence in the 700 Block of 22 Street East.

According to facts read by Crown Prosecutor Natasha Maclean an altercation occurred between a group of people who had pulled up in two separate vehicles, and people who were residing at the house.

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After throwing a punch at the victim and missing, Theriault pulled a sawed off rifle out from the waist band of his pants and pulled the trigger. The bullet entered the victim’s arm and then his chest.

The 25-year-old was initially driven by a friend to hospital and was later transferred to Saskatoon for surgery by way of STARS ambulance.

Meanwhile back at the residence, the suspects involved went inside and refused to comply with police requests to come out.

The Emergency Response Team was called and by 8:30 the following morning, three suspects, including Theriault, left the house and were arrested.

Forensic testing later found gunshot residue on his hands, and the gun was found in the house under some clothes he had been seen wearing.

The motive for the shooting was not discussed but appears to be gang-related.

Defence lawyer Michelle Caron requested Theriault serve a portion of his sentence at a healing lodge, stating it could provide the right type of structure and holistic programming to address his childhood trauma and addictions issues.

Judge Scheifner, citing Theriault’s extensive record, and high risk to re-offend, declined to make the recommendation to Corrections Canada. He did however note that with good behaviour, Theriault could serve some of his sentence in lower security.

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