Murder charge laid in fatal shooting in La Loche

RCMP have identified both the suspect and the alleged victim in a fatal shooting in La Loche, Sask.

Police were called to a home in the community Saturday with a report of a man suffering from a gunshot wound.

The man, later identified as 24-year-old Lucas Lemaigre, was pronounced dead at the scene.

In an update issued Monday, police said Tristin Janvier, 23, was charged with second-degree murder in Lemaigre’s death.

Janvier was scheduled to make his first court appearance Monday in Meadow Lake Provincial Court.