Canadian police defend murky circumstances of stabbing rampage suspect’s death: ‘This is not a TV drama’
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Miles Sanderson is one of two suspects in a deadly stabbing rampage that left 10 people dead earlier this month. In Saskatchewan, Canadawas arrested by law enforcement agencies on September 7 but later died in police custody.
Rhonda Blackmore, commander of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan, said Thursday that police are not yet sure what caused the suspect’s death and defended the approach they are taking in the investigation.
“I’ve seen it written that ‘somewhere in action, the police failed to fulfill our duty of care,'” Blackmore said in a statement Thursday. There is no information on the cause of his death,” Blackmore said in a statement Thursday. Eight days after Miles Sanderson’s death.
“I ask you all to remember this is not a TV drama where we will have all the answers by the end of the episode. Complex investigations This nature takes time and we look forward to providing more details once they are confirmed.”
This set of photos shows Damien Sanderson, left, and his brother Miles Sanderson, suspects in a stabbing on the James Smith Cree Nation Reserve that killed 10 people.
(Royal Canadian Mounted Police via AP)
Myles Sanderson, 32, is charged. Stabbing multiple people The morning of September 4 at the James Smith Curry Nation Reserve.
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Her brother, Damien Sanderson, 31, who is also a suspect in the stabbing, was found dead the next day near the scene of the stabbing, which police do not believe was a suicide.
Two days later, police were responding to reports that a man armed with a knife was driving a stolen vehicle when they spotted Myles on a highway. They drove his car off the road and into a ditch. And arrested himbut he went into medical trouble and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Blackmore said that evening that “all the life-saving measures we were able to take were taken at that time.” “I can’t speak to the specific manner of death. That will be part of the autopsy that will be conducted.”
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The Saskatoon Police Service and the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team are conducting an independent investigation into the death of Myles Sanderson, who was on parole after serving a four-year sentence for assault and robbery in February.
He one Long rap sheet of 59 convictions And had been wanted by police since May for violating the terms of his release.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.