US EditionSaskatoon Teen Gets 18-Month Sentence for Accidental Shooting of Best Friend
The boy pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death after firing a sawed-off rifle believed to be in safe mode during a gang-themed photo session.
- In her Oct. 1 decision, Judge Lisa Watson sentenced a Saskatoon 15-year-old boy to 18 months for killing a 12-year-old friend last year after pleading guilty.
- During a February of last year incident, three boys were drinking and passing around a sawed-off rifle while taking photos and videos pretending to be gangsters.
- One video shows the shooter pointing the rifle at the victim before it discharged, while court heard Wednesday the gun, obtained by the shooter’s sister, required disengaging the safety mechanism.
- Watson ordered one year in open custody and six months under community supervision, followed by 18 months of probation with conditions including a youth worker, curfew, and no firearms for 10 years.
- Acknowledging family harm, Judge Lisa Watson noted mitigating factors included the teen’s guilty plea, apology and rehabilitation efforts, while the victim’s family has been deeply affected by loss and December 2024 tragedies.
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Saskatoon Teen Sentenced to 18 Months for Shooting Death of 12-Year-Old Friend
A Saskatoon teenager has been sentenced to 18 months in supervised custody for the fatal shooting of his 12-year-old friend. In her Oct. 1 decision, Judge Lisa Watson ruled that the youth, who was 13 at the time, accidentally shot his friend while posing with a sawed-off rifle and pretending to be a gangster, mistakenly believing the gun’s safety was on. Watson sentenced the teenager, now 15, to one year in open custody in a supervised residence…
'Harm was reasonably perceivable': Saskatoon teen sentenced after killing friend while posing with gun
While sentencing a teenage boy to 18 months for killing a 12-year-old friend while posing with a gun and pretending to be a gangster, a Saskatoon judge acknowledged the "profound sense of loss and anger" over the death.
Winnipeg Free Press
Saskatoon boy who killed friend while posing with gun sentenced to 18 months
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