Teen threatened to livestream shooting: police
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Police charged a 16-year-old boy from a Manitoba First Nation on Canada Day, accusing him of threatening to livestream a shooting.
Mounties arrested the suspect, from St. Theresa Point First Nation, following an investigation launched in collaboration with the Winnipeg Police Service, RCMP said in a news release Thursday.
The WPS said a social media platform reached out to warn it after a suspect posted a video of himself on Tuesday, in which he allegedly uttered threats and claimed to be in possession of firearms, RCMP Const. Paul Manaigre said.
“The social media platform reached out to them (WPS) thinking that it may have taken place in Winnipeg. WPS then reached out to us as well, due to the number of Indigenous communities we police,” he said in an email.
“There was no mention of a specific target as it was more generalized in terms of just an active shooter situation.”
Both police agencies worked together to identify the suspect.
Officers from the RCMP detachment in Island Lake went to St. Theresa Point and arrested the teen at a home without incident.
Investigators recovered ammunition for several firearms during a search of the residence, and were told guns matching the ammunition could be found in a home next door. They located and seized four unsecured guns, RCMP said.
“At this time no additional charges are being contemplated in relation to the firearms,” Manaigre said.
The suspect was taken to the Island Lake detachment and remanded into custody on a charge of uttering threats, police said.
The investigation is ongoing.
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