‘Hurry Please’: Inquest Told 92 Emergency Calls Made During Saskatchewan Rampage

People comfort each other during a lunch break at the public coroner's inquest into the mass stabbings that happened on James Smith Cree Nation in 2022 in Melfort, Sask., on Jan. 16, 2024. The Canadian Press/Liam Richards

Family members hugged and wept at a coroner’s inquest after learning how a mass killer went from home to home, kicking in doors and stabbing people on a Saskatchewan First Nation.

The initial calls to 911 played on Jan. 16 at the inquest show the increasing fear of community members as Myles Sanderson, armed with a knife, terrorized people on the James Smith Cree Nation on Sept. 4, 2022.