MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The prime minister was briefed by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) commissioner, who told him that the Friday shooting at the La Loche Community School (LLCS) left five people dead and two critically injured.
"This is every parent's worst nightmare," Trudeau said as quoted by CBS News.
The prime minister was briefed by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) commissioner, who told him that the Friday shooting at the La Loche Community School (LLCS) left five people dead and two critically injured.
According to Trudeau, the situation is under control and the suspect is in custody, but it is too early to say how and why the shooting took place.
Earlier, CTV reported that a "boy with a gun" was in custody following the La Loche shooting.
Saskatchewan Premier Bradley Wall expressed his condolences to the victims of the shooting in a Friday statement, thanking RCMP and emergency personnel for a prompt response.
La Loche Community School was put on lockdown on Friday amid an active shooter situation. LLCS said in a Facebook post that an emergency was occurring at its Dene Building and that the Ducharme elementary school was on lockdown as well.
LLCS is a pre-kindergarten to grade 12 school, which houses approximately 900 students in two buildings, according its Facebook page.
La Loche is located about 600 kilometers (375 miles) north of Saskatoon, a city in central Saskatchewan.
