Saskatchewan

Teen charged after shots fired at Lac La Ronge Indian Band house, 5-year-old injured

An 18-year-old, who was a youth at the time, has been charged in connection with a January shooting incident on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band that saw a five-year-old seriously injured.

Man, 18, faces numerous charges in connection with January incident

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An 18-year-old man faces numerous charges in connection to a shooting on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band earlier this year that saw a five-year-old suffer serious, but non-life threatening, injuries. (Gian-Paolo Mendoza/CBC)

Police have charged an 18-year-old after investigating a January shooting incident in northern Saskatchewan that saw a child badly hurt.

Multiple shots were fired on Jan. 13 toward a home on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, about 340 kilometres north of Saskatoon. Several people were in the home at the time and a five-year-old suffered serious, but non-life threatening, injuries after bullet went through the walls, police said.

An 18-year-old man now faces numerous charges in connection with the incident. Police said Thursday he was a youth at the time of the shooting and did not identify him.

The charges he faces include participating in a criminal organization, reckless discharge of a firearm, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, and assault with a weapon.

The man appeared in court on Thursday morning and will appear again later this month.