School shooting in La Loche leaves a community reeling
Bruce Ruelling counts his family among the lucky ones after his two grandchildren survived the deadly school shooting at the La Loche Community School in La Loche, Saskatchewan.
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Fewer than three-thousand people live in La Loche, Saskatchewan, a Dene town north of Saskatoon. On Friday afternoon the RCMP received a call from La Loche Community School just after 1 p.m. local time. An active shooter was in the school. By the time the shooter was apprehended, 4 people were dead. Today the small, close-knit town is trying to understand the circumstances that led to so many dead and wounded. Bruce Ruhling has 2 grandchildren at the Dene high school which was under lockdown for several hours on Friday. Brent spoke to him on Friday night.