{"id":103105,"date":"2017-05-18T21:54:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T01:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=103105"},"modified":"2017-05-18T21:54:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T01:54:08","slug":"im-sorry-man-teen-gunman-in-la-loche-school-shooting-had-regrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/18\/im-sorry-man-teen-gunman-in-la-loche-school-shooting-had-regrets\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I’m sorry man:’ Teen gunman in La Loche school shooting had regrets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A teen gunman who killed four people at a home and in a school in northern Saskatchewan told police he had regrets about the shooting. (Photo courtesy by Kayoty\/Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MEADOW LAKE, Sask. \u2014 A teen gunman who killed four people at a home and in a school in northern Saskatchewan told police he had regrets about the shooting.<\/p>\n

Dayne and Drayden Fontaine were killed at their house in La Loche in January 2016 before the shooter went to the high school, where he killed a teacher and a teacher’s aide, and wounded seven others.<\/p>\n

The teen was asked in a videotaped police interview, which was played at his sentencing hearing Thursday, how he felt when he thought about killing the two brothers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn’t plan to shoot them, man … They weren’t part of the plan,\u201d he said, crying, in the video.<\/p>\n

The officer asked him what the plan was.<\/p>\n

\u201cGo to the school and shoot the f—ing kids,\u201d said the teen.<\/p>\n

The teen was also asked what he would say to Dayne and Drayden now.<\/p>\n

\u201cTell them that I’m sorry, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video was recorded Oct. 29, 2016 \u2014 the day after the teen pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder.<\/p>\n

Defence lawyer Aaron Fox said outside court Thursday that the video shows his client’s behaviour.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think some of it’s obvious that he has some issues, with some cognitive issues and some social issues, and some developmental issues, and I think that’s consistent with some of the evidence we see elsewhere as well,\u201d said Fox.<\/p>\n

The sentencing hearing is to determine if the teen, who can’t be named because he was just shy of his 18th birthday at the time of the shootings, should be sentenced as a youth or an adult.<\/p>\n

The Crown will call more witnesses Friday and then the hearing will be adjourned until June 13. Fox said the Crown is expected to have one more day of evidence when the hearing resumes in June, and then the defence will present its case.<\/p>\n

Some victims have already told the court that the teen should be sentenced as an adult because of the severity of the crime.<\/p>\n

Court has heard that shooting happened when the teen and the brothers were on lunch break from school. They went to the brothers’ home, where the teen got a rifle out of a bedroom.<\/p>\n

He shot Dayne Fontaine 11 times \u2014 twice in the head \u2014 and Drayden twice, including in the back of the head.<\/p>\n

The boys’ mother, Alicia Fontaine, told court in Meadow Lake, Sask., that the teen gunman called her two days after the shooting to apologize.<\/p>\n

\u201cI may be angry, but I’m not angry at him,\u201d Fontaine said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI talked to him. He was crying. I forgave him. You can forgive, but you’ll never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n

If it were up to her, Fontaine said, she would not press charges in the deaths of her sons.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is true, my whole world is gone, but I know my babies are in a place where there is no pain,\u201d she said. \u201cI have forgiven you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The shooter’s mother said the family has also forgiven her son for \u201cthis horrible crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in shock like everyone else,\u201d she told court. \u201cI never knew this was going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The teen’s mother said she feels guilty, although she knows the shooting wasn’t her fault.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not a bad mother or person. If I knew and seen the signs that he was struggling in life, I could have stopped all of this from happening,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes, as parents, we are unaware of the struggles that our children have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video surveillance from the school shows the teen walking and running through hallways firing a shotgun. Teacher Adam Wood and teacher’s aide Marie Janvier were killed and seven others were hurt.<\/p>\n

In the police interview, the teen is asked who he was targeting when he went into the school.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n

The officer asked the teen who he was looking for when he was trying to open doors.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeachers and students,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The defence has said there is no simple reason behind the shooting and little about the motive has been made clear so far.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the interview, the shooter said he never felt bullied. The officer also asked the teen if he felt the school had \u201cwronged\u201d him.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot really,\u201d he said. \u201cI don’t think so, no.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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