Fort Smith are still trying to locate two of four guns involved in a series of crimes, including a fatal shooting, March 4.
The provided a monthly report presentation to Fort Smith council March 15, the first since a community-wide shelter in place order was put in place to find the perpetrator of the killing of Jordan Tourangeau.
The NWT Major Crimes Unit have confirmed the fatality is being treated as a homicide in Fort Smith on March 4 was a homicide SA国际影视传媒 the result of a fatal shooting.
Investigation into the matter continues, however, are not actively looking for any further subjects of interest.
A 17-year old was arrested on March 6 and subsequently charged with two counts of breaking and entering: once at the GNWT Department of Lands office and once at a private residence.
He was also charged with one count of careless use of a firearm SA国际影视传媒渞elating to an incident where shots were fired at a residence in Fort Smith,SA国际影视传媒 according to a news release issued March 9 by .
He had also been wanted in the theft of firearms and a GNWT vehicle.
The individual, who can no longer be named because he is a youth, is the only person arrested in connection with the incident, to date.
Fort Smith detachment commander Sgt Geoffrey Peters told town council March 15 that investigative work is still being done on locating the weapons from the incident.
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Peters added that the remaining firearms are likely to be found after the snow melts.
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Failure to comply with probation
reported earlier this month that the accused had initially failed to comply with a probation order on Feb. 26 before the series of crimes took place.
Peters was asked by Cynthia White, senior administrative officer about the amount of work the police put into looking for the offender.
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Peters said the time and effort in the search was SA国际影视传媒渇airly significant.SA国际影视传媒
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SA国际影视传媒 with files from Ethan Butterfield