A five-year-old Cree girl shot and killed a two-year-old Cree boy with a gun in a terrible accident north of the LG-3 reservoir.
The incident occurred on April 27, around 7:30 p.m. Two adult Crees had just returned from goose hunting and went into a cabin to get some supplies, leaving a gun outside. The girl took the gun and it went off, hitting the boy in the head. He was killed immediately.
Chisasibi police wouldn’t give any information, saying the Sûreté du Québec is handling the investigation. “No one is being charged, that much I can say. It was an accident,” said one Chisasibi police officer.
But SQ Agent Ronald Mclnnis, of the Rouyn detachment, said the investigation is still ongoing, and that charges may still be laid for improper storage of a firearm.
