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Charges pending after shots fired on Saskatchewan First Nation

Charges pending against man after shots allegedly fired on a Saskatchewan First Nation. File / Global News

ONION LAKE FIRST NATION, Sask. – Charges are pending against a man after shots were allegedly fired on a Saskatchewan First Nation. Mounties received numerous complaints of shots being fired just after 11 p.m. Wednesday.

The shots were being fired near the Onion Lake bus stop.

Mounties from Onion Lake, St. Walburg, Maidstone, Turtleford and Lloydminster responded.

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It was determined a 44-year-old man was thought to be the person responsible for firing the shots. He was alone in a residence on the Onion Lake First Nation with a firearm, which was not his residence.

A man matching the suspect’s description was then spotted walking on Chief Taylor Road around 3 a.m. He was taken into custody around 30 minutes later following a brief foot chase.

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Police say no one was physically injured.

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Charges are pending against the Delmas, Sask. man.

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