Mounties have laid a murder charge against River Blade Storm Linklater after a teenager died in the northern Saskatchewan community of Pelican Narrows.
At around 1:20 a.m. CT on Feb. 21, 2017, Pelican Narrows RCMP received information that a 16-year-old boy had been taken to the local health centre for treatment of gunshot wounds.
Mark Clarence Michel, 16, was pronounced dead.
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Investigators determined that Michel and a 17-year-old girl had left a residence in Pelican Narrows and then encountered other people.
Some sort of altercation then took place.
The girl did not require medical treatment.
Linklater, 22, was identified as a suspect and arrested without incident at a local residence at around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
He has been charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and participation in a criminal organization. He is scheduled to make his first appearance in Sandy Bay provincial court on Thursday.
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Linklater and Michel are from Pelican Narrows.
On March 9, police also arrested 19-year-old River Jason James Charles, 22-year-old Layton Adolph McCallum and a 17-year-old boy and charged them with first-degree murder and participation in a criminal organization.
The homicide investigation is ongoing and an autopsy was scheduled to take place on Feb. 22, 2017 in Saskatoon.
Pelican Narrows in approximately 510 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.
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