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Attempted murder charge laid in northern Saskatchewan shooting

A man has been charged with attempted murder after shot were fired at a home in northern Saskatchewan this past weekend. Google Maps

A 41-year-old man has been charged with numerous offences, including attempted murder, after a gun was fired in northern Saskatchewan. Officers were called to a complaint of shots being fired at a residence in Stanley Mission around 3:35 a.m. CT on Oct. 4.

RCMP say three people were in the home at the time. One man was grazed by a shot and was treated and released from the Stanley Mission Health Clinic.

No one else was injured.

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As of a result of the investigation, Jeffery Thomas Roberts was charged by RCMP.

He is also facing charges of discharging a firearm into a residence, possession of a weapon with intent to commit an offence, uttering threats to cause death, being unlawfully in a dwelling and mischief under $5,000.

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Roberts, of Stanley Mission, made his first court appearance Monday in La Ronge.

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