‘Forever etched in my memory:’ La Loche school shooting victims address hearing
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. — 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.
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.
“He and he alone needs to own these crimes. Please do not allow (him) or his defence to blame others … for these evil deeds,” Longobardi told the court.