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Three charged with 1st-degree murder after triple shooting in Ontario First Nation

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Teen critical after triple shooting in Ontario First Nation, shooter at large: police
WATCH ABOVE: Police offer details a triple shooting in a First Nation in Southern Ontario on Wednesday. A teenager is in critical condition and two men have been wounded. Police say they're looking for a black 1997 GMC Sierra and two suspects. Police say there is possibly a third male involved – Jun 1, 2016

SIX NATIONS INDIAN RESERVE, Ont. — Police say three men face first-degree murder charges after a shooting at the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, in southern Ontario.

Six Nations police said officers found a teenage boy and two men with gunshot wounds, along with an SUV with damage from gunfire, on Wednesday afternoon.

The teen, identified as 16-year-old Ashton VanEvery, was transported to Hamilton General Hospital where he later died.

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One of the men remains in serious-but-stable condition while the other suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Police had said they believed the shooting was the result of an attempt at retaliation for an alleged assault that had occurred overnight.

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Investigators say they identified three suspects and after discussions with family, they surrendered and face charges of first-degree murder.

Police say Dwight Ronald Walton, 19, Kenneth Paul Appleton, 24, and Irvin Allan Maracle, 56, are in police custody pending a bail hearing.

With files from the Canadian Press

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