Police Release Names of 10 Victims Killed in Saskatchewan Stabbings

An RCMP officer interacts with a driver at a police roadblock in James Smith Cree Nation, Sask., on Sept. 6, 2022. (The Canadian/Heywood Yu

RCMP have released the names and photos of the 10 people killed in a Labour Day weekend stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan.

They say it was done in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service and the families of the deceased.

The hunt for 32-year-old suspect Myles Sanderson is entering its fourth day.

The dead include nine people from the James Smith Cree Nation northeast of Saskatoon and one man from the nearby village of Weldon and range in age from 23 to 78.

Here are their names and ages:

- Thomas Burns, 23, of James Smith Cree Nation

- Carol Burns, 46, of James Smith Cree Nation

- Gregory Burns, 28, of James Smith Cree Nation

- Lydia Gloria Burns, 61, of James Smith Cree Nation

- Bonnie Burns, 48, of James Smith Cree Nation

- Earl Burns, 66, of James Smith Cree Nation

- Lana Head, 49, of James Smith Cree Nation

- Christian Head, 54, of James Smith Cree Nation

- Robert Sanderson, 49, of James Smith Cree Nation

- Wesley Petterson, 78, of Weldon, Saskatchewan