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Mother of Black man killed by Columbus police speaks out for first time after her son’s death

September 8, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — The mother of Donovan Lewis, a Black man fatally shot by Columbus, Ohio police, spoke exclusively with ABC News’ Linsey Davis in her first interview since her son’s death — telling Davis she found out about her son’s death on the internet.

“I made it to the scene while they were still in the early stages, and they would not give me any information at all,” Rebecca Duran said Wednesday.

Confused on what was transpiring at the shooting scene, Duran said she still knew something was wrong with her son and just wanted to get answers.

“The news was releasing information on the internet before I could get it,” Duran said. “I was on the scene and I needed to see what actually happened.

Lewis, 20, and an expecting father, was shot and killed by Columbus Police officer Ricky Anderson, a 30-year veteran of the Columbus Police Department, last Tuesday. Police said they had arrived at Lewis’ apartment located in the Columbus, Ohio, Hilltop neighborhood around 2 a.m. to arrest him on three separate charges — improper handling of a firearm in a vehicle, assault and a domestic violence charge stemming from his girlfriend’s call to police in August.

Body camera footage has since been released of Lewis while he was in bed and Anderson is currently on paid administrative leave, according to the Columbus Police Department.

Duran says her son was mishandled in authority’s hands, calling their actions “a delay of care” and claiming they treated him like “an animal.”

“There was no attempt to preserve his life, frisking him, handcuffed, flipping them around on the bed. I work in health care,” Duran said.

Duran also says she hasn’t seen the full encounter of police and her son from the body cam video released hours following Lewis’ death.

“I have seen snippets,” Duran said. “I don’t have to see the worst treatment of him.”

Duran remembers her son to be a loving boy with a big heart, always putting others before him.

“He loved life. He had a zest for life. He loved people. He had the biggest heart,” Duran said.

“The people that have reached out to me, teachers, coaches, a host of people throughout his life, his friends all talk about his awesome sense of humor, his awesome smile….You know, how much he cared about those around him. And even when he had nothing, he wanted others to succeed,” she added.

Donovan’s death like others sparked outrage and protests in the Buckeye state’s capital. The protests for Lewis are just one of many chain reactions of police shootings in the city.

“There has to be real change and nothing’s different,” Duran said.

“There’s other cases here in Columbus; Oh, very, very, very similar to Donovan’s…but, nothing’s changed,” she added.

Duran, alongside her attorney Rex Elliott, who comforted her during the interview at times as she began to cry, say they plan to file a civil rights violation lawsuit against Anderson and the city of Columbus. Elliott claimed the excessive use of deadly force “wasn’t called for.”

Mark Collins, the attorney representing Anderson, previously said in a statement obtained by ABC News that he wanted a “thorough investigation.”

Columbus’ Inspector General Jacqueline Hendricks is now set to open a probe in Lewis’ case and as a result Duran says she wants to see Anderson fired and in jail.

“He should never be able to perform any type of duties as an officer anywhere in the world,” Duran said.

Duran and Elliott both believe Lewis’ race and color of skin played a role in his death.

“I don’t know how you can’t reach any other conclusion,” Elliott said. “He had multiple white police officers bearing down on a young, unarmed black kid in a community they didn’t understand. And that boy had to be petrified as he was rising up out of bed and thinking about all the other incidents that have occurred in this country.”

Lewis will be laid to rest Saturday at noon and his funeral will be held at Christian Valley Baptist Church in Ohio.

Memphis shooting rampage leaves at least four dead, three injured

September 8, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — A 19-year-old man who went on a shooting rampage through Memphis, Tennessee has been arrested, police say.

Authorities from the Memphis Police Department held a press conference early Thursday morning and confirmed that the suspect, 19-year-old Ezekiel Dejuan Kelly, allegedly killed at least four people and injured three others in a shooting spree that stretched to at least eight different crime scenes.

Memphis Police Department Chief C.J. Davis said there was an initial homicide reported to them at approximately 12:56 a.m. on Wednesday morning.

“This was the initial homicide that this individual was responsible for,” Chief Davis said at a press conference regarding the shooting early Thursday morning. “At that time, we didn’t know exactly who that individual was, but more information as the day went on, we were able to identify that suspect.”

Two weapons were recovered at the scene of Kelly’s arrest, according to the Memphis Police Department.

“I want to assure the public that we’re all working together to try to curb this senseless violence here,” said Sheriff Floyd Bonner from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

Court records obtained by ABC News’ Memphis affiliate WATN-TV indicate that an arrest warrant was out for Kelly on Wednesday on charges of first-degree murder before the shooting spree happened.

Memphis temporarily suspended the city’s mass transit service during the shooting.

“In lieu of the current danger announced by the Memphis Police Department regarding an active shooter in the Memphis area, MATA’s trolley and bus services are being suspended indefinitely,” read a statement on social media that was published by the Memphis Area Transit Authority. “MATA leaders are acting in an abundance of caution and care for the safety of its drivers and riders.”

“I can tell you one thing that I’m going to do. I’m going to pray,” said Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy. “We all owe them [law enforcement] a debt of gratitude.”

Multiple charges against Kelly are currently pending.

Cancers in adults below 50 have ‘dramatically increased’: Report

September 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Early onset cancers defined as cancers discovered in adults younger than 50 years old, have “dramatically increased” around the world over the last few decades, according to a new report by researchers at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Researchers said breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, liver, and pancreas cancers among others have shown a drastic rise beginning in the 1990s.

“From our data, we observed something called the birth cohort effect. This effect shows that each successive group of people born at a later time (e.g., decade-later) have a higher risk of developing cancer later in life, likely due to risk factors they were exposed to at a young age,” Shuji Ogino, MD, Ph.D., professor and physician-scientist, said in the report, suggesting increasing risk with each generation.

According to Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s report, exposures from conception to when someone’s 19 years old play a role in cancer diagnoses before a person turns 50.

The study found that rising incidence is partially attributable to early screenings for some of these cancers, however, early life exposures such as people’s diet, weight, lifestyle, environmental exposure, and microbiome may factor into what’s contributing to early-onset cancer, but more information on individual exposures is needed, according to the report.

“Even in-utero exposures can lead to cellular reprogramming, including epigenetic alterations, that might have long-lasting effects on susceptibility to chronic diseases,” researchers wrote.

Factors such as alcohol consumption increases the risk of cancers, the report found. Between the 1960s to early 2010s, alcohol consumption increased in many countries.

Another study from April found that moderate alcohol consumption has increased the risk of cancer in women.

“We’re finding that probably anywhere between 5% to 10% of all cancers worldwide are due to alcohol use,” Dr. Suneel Kamath, a GI clinical oncologist at Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, told “Good Morning America” in April.

An American Cancer Society report from January found that almost 2 million new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in the U.S. this year, with over 600,000 Americans dying from cancer in 2022.

ABC News’ Mary Kekatos contributed to this report.

‘There really is no basis in the law’ for judge granting Trump special master, former prosecutor says

September 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge granted lawyers for former President Donald Trump’s request to have a special master oversee the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago.

To break down the latest developments of the saga, a standoff between the Department of Justice and the former president, “ABC News Prime” spoke with Kan Nawaday, former federal prosecutor and ABC News contributor.

Nawaday discussed the implications of this decision, how it will affect the Department of Justice’s investigation and what he expects the next steps will be.

PRIME: ABC News contributor Kan Nawaday, [is] a former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York. Thanks so much once again for being here. Let’s start off just with your reaction to the judge’s ruling to actually grant Trump’s request for a special master. Did that surprise you?

NAWADAY: It didn’t surprise me to grant a special master to review the attorney-client privilege documents. It was mind blowing, mind boggling that she granted the request for a special master to determine whether items are subject to the executive privilege. There really is no basis in the law and precedent for doing something like that for a former president.

PRIME: Some people are saying, ‘well, of course, she was appointed by Trump. What do you expect? Of course she’s going to rule in his favor.’ Do you think there’s anything there?

NAWADAY: I don’t think so. And I think she’s just maybe she’s just trying to be really careful, maybe she’s trying to put some of the responsibility on an independent special master instead of following, you know, what I see as a pretty clear precedent that you don’t need a special master to decide executive privilege.

PRIME: How do you think this will impact the Justice Department investigation going forward, and do you expect them to appeal?

NAWADAY: It’s going to slow down their investigation to a crawl. What will happen is Trump, the former president, is going to fight about everything, about who the special master is going to be, about the process and about everything. And there are 11,000 documents involved. I can see DOJ filing an appeal just because of how bad of a precedent this opinion sets.

PRIME: We heard Pierre [Thomas] talk about that Friday deadline. What do you expect to happen at that point?

NAWADAY: Either DOJ is going to appeal before then or they’re both, DOJ and Trump, going to put in competing submissions. It’s supposed to be a joint submission, but I think that submission is going to say, ‘we’re DOJ, we want this,’ ‘we’re Trump, we want this,’ and there’s not going to be that much overlap.

PRIME: All right. So let’s talk about the implications of the upcoming election with regard to this investigation. Of course, there’s that unwritten rule that the DOJ has or they don’t react basically or don’t act for 60 days leading into an election so that doesn’t seem like there’s anything biased or improper going on. So how will that influence?

NAWADAY: First of all, you are absolutely right, it’s an unwritten rule. The DOJ tries to avoid overt actions that could influence an election. And I think that’s important to remember. I think if there’s a grand jury out there, it’s going to continue its investigation, DOJ will continue its investigation and do all the covert things like speaking with witnesses, things like that, bringing people in the grand jury. What they likely won’t do is do something overt like charge somebody.

PRIME: Some new developments out of New Mexico where you had a public official who was removed from office after participating in Jan. 6. Explain to us the circumstances surrounding that and what that means now going forward.

NAWADAY: Well, what basically happened was there was a county commissioner in New Mexico who had been convicted federally for his participation in the events of Jan. 6. And a private citizens group brought an action to disqualify him from holding office as a public commissioner, as a public official.

And the basis for that is under the 14th Amendment, there’s a disqualification clause which says that if you are a public official and then you commit insurrection, you can no longer hold public office. So this is pretty groundbreaking. This is the first time, I believe, since the 1800s, that this disqualification clause has been used. So it could potentially be groundbreaking.

PRIME: Before I let you go, I want to go back to Trump just really quickly. We’re, of course, getting everybody’s opinion here. Everybody has one with regard to, do you think that Trump will ultimately be indicted?

NAWADAY: I think there is so much evidence there that in any other case, somebody would have charged this.

PRIME: Kan Nawaday, thank you so much, as always.

Hillary Clinton: Trump’s classified Mar-a-Lago docs ‘should concern every American’

September 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Hillary Clinton expressed her concern over the classified documents seized at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last month, sharing a warning that “every American” should be concerned.

On Wednesday, the former secretary of state joined “The View” alongside daughter Chelsea Clinton to share about their new docuseries, “Gutsy” on Apple TV+ premiering on Friday. Before delving into their new show, which highlights some of America’s biggest heroines, they weighed in on one of the nation’s hottest topics: the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and the documents found at the residence.

The FBI executed a search warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on August 8. According to the inventory list unsealed Friday by a federal judge, agents gathered more than 11,000 documents or photographs without classification markings that were described as property of the U.S. government.

Hundreds of the documents retrieved during the search were considered confidential, secret and top-secret documents, as well as more than 40 empty folders with either “CLASSIFIED” banners on them or labeled “Return to Staff Secretary/Military Aide.”

ABC News previously reported that the FBI remains concerned about classified records that could still be missing even after their search of Mar-a-Lago.

On “The View,” Hillary Clinton said the seized documents from Mar-a-Lago “should be taken really seriously.”

“It should concern every American, because those documents and the empty folders as they were marked suggest that there was really important secret information that is essential to our country’s defense and security,” she said.

Clinton went on to explain how classified documents were securely shared with her during her time as secretary of state under former President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013.

“A military courier would come into my office. It would be an emergency. There wouldn’t be time to get to the White House and have an emergency meeting in a SCIF,” she explained. “Usually a man — it was always a man, I remember — walked in, he would have a briefcase locked to his wrist.” A SCIF is a U.S. government–approved secure facility where sensitive information can be looked over by government officials.

“He would come into my office and he would say, ‘You have to look at this immediately, secretary.’ He would unlock the briefcase; he would stand there; he would give me this document that had really delicate, secret information about something of importance,” she continued. “I would read it, then I would sign that I read it. It would go back into the locked box attached to his wrist and off he would go.”

With that knowledge, Clinton was left puzzled as to how sensitive documents could be moved at all. “I don’t understand how [Trump] was permitted to take them, even to the residence, let alone to a country club in Florida,” she said.

Clinton went on to say that the country doesn’t have a clear understanding of what was in the seized documents, but reminded viewers on the daytime talk show that “people literally die to get our government information. They go to prison. They get exiled.”

“The idea that this would have been done, I hope everybody takes really seriously,” she added.

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon granted a request from Trump’s legal team to appoint a special master to review documents seized in the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search. The judge’s order halts all reviews of the documents by the Justice Department in its criminal investigation.

When co-host Joy Behar asked Clinton if Trump should be indicted over the documents found in his Mar-a-Lago estate, she said that she didn’t want to “prejudge.”

“I have been prejudged wrongly enough. I’m not going to judge somebody else, and so I think the key is what the facts and the evidence are, what the FBI and the intelligence community learn about these documents, how they ended up there, who else saw them,” Clinton responded.

She went on to explain how the public should have “two minds” about the investigation. “No one is above the law, and the rule of law in a democracy … has to be our standard.”

The public “should not rush to judgment,” Clinton continued, but “we should be concerned about it, and we should follow the facts and the evidence.”

Chelsea Clinton also weighed in on South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham claiming political violence would break out if Trump were to be indicted over mishandling of presidential records.

“I’m very worried about our country,” she said. “Sen. Graham and others … should know better and should be more responsible with their platforms.”

“After the white nationalist insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, we know that there are people who believe that violence is an acceptable tool, even in our democracy, even in the 21st century in the United States of America,” she continued.

“I’m very concerned and I’m very disappointed in the senator,” Chelsea Clinton said. “I hope that others do not follow his lead.”

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Suspect who allegedly killed 10 in Saskatchewan stabbings taken into custody

September 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(SASKATCHEWAN, Canada) — Canadian authorities have located and taken into custody a suspect accused of several stabbings, the Saskatchewan RCMP said Wednesday.

Brothers Myles Sanderson, 30, and Damien Sanderson, 31, are suspected of carrying out the stabbing spree that killed 10 people and injured 19 in the Indigenous communities of James Smith Cree Nation and the town of Weldon, in Saskatchewan, on Sunday, authorities said.

Damien Sanderson was found dead on Monday in a field near the stabbing sites with “visible injuries.”

Myles Sanderson has been taken into custody, authorities said.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

Married couple allegedly killed by off-duty sheriff’s deputy in their home

September 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(ALAMEDA COUNTY, Calif.) — A sheriff’s deputy has turned himself in after allegedly fatally shooting a married couple at a home in California, authorities said.

The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office deputy was off-duty when he is alleged to have committed the double homicide early Wednesday at a home in Dublin before fleeing the scene, authorities said. The sheriff’s office said the suspected murder weapon is the deputy’s firearm, which they were working to recover after he disposed of it in a rural area.

The sheriff’s office had warned that the suspect — identified as 24-year-old Devin Williams, Jr. — was at large following the shooting, prompting a statewide manhunt, and should be considered armed and dangerous.

During a midday press briefing, Chief Garrett Holmes, a commander with the sheriff’s office and the chief of police services for the city of Dublin, announced Williams reportedly called the office earlier that morning to turn himself in and was just taken into custody near Coalinga, several hours south.

“Chief Holmes personally talked the suspect into surrendering and spent about 45 minutes on the phone with him to get him to surrender peacefully,” Alameda County Lt. Ray Kelly told reporters during the briefing.

Kelly said that deputies were in the process of bringing Williams back to Dublin. It is unclear if the suspect has an attorney who can speak on his behalf at this time.

Police responded to the home around 12:45 a.m. after a 911 caller reported an intruder who was “brandishing a firearm,” Holmes said. Two people were ultimately shot and pronounced dead at the scene, he said.

“It’s a great loss for our community, and it’s even more disheartening to find out that it was one of our own that actually was the trigger person behind this tragic incident,” Holmes said.

Six people were in the home at the time of the shooting, including a child and the two victims, Kelly said. A relative of the family who was visiting at the time is a “key eyewitness,” he said.

The victims were a 42-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man, Kelly said. Authorities have not yet released their names. He said the two had a child together, though he did not provide any further details.

Kelly said they are investigating a motive in the shooting and the relationship between Williams and the victims.

“There is connectivity between Mr. Williams and the victims,” he said.

Williams has worked for the sheriff’s office for a year, according to Kelly. Prior to applying to be a sheriff’s deputy, he was going through a field training officer program in Stockton upon graduating from the police academy, Kelly said. Williams did not pass his probation to become a solo police officer and was let go, he said.

“A lot of those issues that we found were related to his skillset and his ability to effectively do the job,” Kelly said. “They were not based on any type of conduct. It was more of his ability and skillset wasn’t meeting the criteria that this job demands. And so at that point, they let him go. That’s not uncommon.”

Williams was considered a “very good candidate” for law enforcement, said Kelly, who noted that the agency is “in shock.”

“Somewhere in the last several months of his life, some significant events happened that led up to this moment. A lot of those events went undiscovered and disclosed. And we’re gonna be looking into that,” Kelly said. “I think there’s a lot of questions that need to be answered.”

Michigan court rules 1931 abortion ban is unconstitutional

September 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(LANSING, Mich.) — A Michigan Court of Claims judge ruled Wednesday that the state’s 1931 abortion ban violates the state constitution, according to a copy of the ruling obtained by ABC News. The ruling permanently bars the attorney general and county prosecutors from enforcing the ban in the state, effectively legalizing abortions in Michigan.

The ruling from Judge Elizabeth Gleicher came as part of a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood of Michigan and Dr. Sarah Wallett, the organization’s chief medical officer, against Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Michigan state House of Representatives and Senate, challenging the ban.

“This historic ruling is a critical victory for abortion access in a post-Roe v. Wade world and means that abortion care remains protected in Michigan,” Planned Parenthood of Michigan said in a statement to ABC News.

The 1931 law makes it a felony to provide an abortion unless it is medically necessary to save the life of a pregnant person. The law does not make exceptions for rape or incest. The law also states that if the pregnant person dies, the provider would be charged with manslaughter.

The ruling found the state’s abortion ban unconstitutional as it violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the Michigan constitution and would deprive pregnant women of their right to bodily integrity, autonomy and the equal protection of the law, Gleicher wrote in the order.

Gleicher ruled that enforcement of the law will “endanger the health and lives of women seeking to exercise their constitutional right to abortion” and threatens pregnant women with irreparable injury because without access to abortion care they will be denied “appropriate, safe and constitutionally protected medical care,” court documents show.

The court also found that the law would cause Planned Parenthood and Wallett “irreparable injury” by exposing them to “felony prosecution and imprisonment for performing a medically necessary procedure that their patients are constitutionally entitled to have,” according to the ruling.

The court also found that issuing a permanent injunction will cause no harm to the attorney general nor does it adversely affect the pubic interest.

“The harm to women on, the other hand, is a wholesale denial of their fundamental right to an abortion, necessitating permanent injunctive relief,” according to the ruling.

The ruling is effective immediately, and the court also denied the Michigan legislature’s request to stay the decision, according to Planned Parenthood.

“We are proud to have won this victory on behalf of Michigan abortion providers and the patients who depend on us for care. Today’s Court of Claims ruling will ensure that Michiganders can continue to make deeply personal decisions about their health, lives, and futures without interference from state officials,” Wallett said in a statement to ABC News.

The judgment is the latest development in the state’s battle over abortion rights which began when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, eliminating federal protections for abortion rights.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has vowed to fight for abortion rights, bringing another lawsuit challenging the law’s constitutionality and asking the state’s supreme court to determine whether the abortion law already on the books is unconstitutional.

Last month, a state court granted a request by Whitmer’s lawyers for a temporary restraining order on the abortion ban, pending ongoing litigation. In a ruling, Judge Jacob Cunningham argued that not issuing the injunction would cause harm to the public.

The courts will also be left to decide whether Michigan voters will have an abortion question on the ballot this November. The Board of Canvassers was deadlocked, unable decide on a ballot initiative, which would leave it to voters to divide whether to add abortion protections to the state’s constitution.

Alleged Salman Rushdie attacker appears in court in attempted murder case

September 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — The man accused of repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie on a Western New York stage last month appeared briefly Wednesday in court as prosecutors build their attempted murder case against him.

Hadi Matar, 24, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault charges in connection with the attack Aug. 12 at the Chautauqua Institution where he allegedly stabbed the 75-year-old Rushdie about a dozen times in front of a crowd that had gathered for a lecture.

Matar is being held without bail.

Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said investigators are examining more than 30,000 files produced by New York State Police in its ongoing investigation.

“We are currently reviewing those documents and preparing them in a manner to be appropriately disclosed,” Schmidt said.

Prosecutors are seeking a protective order preserving the confidentiality of witnesses and limiting the persons who may review the materials disclosed. Arguments were scheduled for Sept. 13.

Schmidt conceded that, to date, a limited disclosure has been made to the defense, consisting of statements which Matar made to police at the time he was in custody. He said a more substantial disclosure to the defense is coming.

“I intend to take full advantage of the time allotted to the prosecution under applicable statutes so that we can ensure our compliance with the discovery laws and maintain the integrity of our case,” Schmidt said.

Authorities have not released a motive for the attack.

Rushdie faced years of death threats after his novel, “The Satanic Verses,” was published in 1988. The late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini accused the author of blasphemy over the book and issued a fatwa against Rushdie in 1989, calling for his death.

In 1998, the Iranian foreign minister said the country no longer supported the fatwa against Rushdie, though a $3.3 million bounty for his death continues to be offered by an Iranian religious foundation.

Canada stabbing attack: These are the victims who died in the massacre

September 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(SASKATCHEWAN, Canada) — Officials have released the identities of the victims killed in a string of stabbings across Canada’s Saskatchewan province over the weekend.

Brothers Myles Sanderson, 30, and Damien Sanderson, 31, are suspected of carrying out the deadly stabbing spree in an Indigenous community in Saskatchewan on Sunday, between the James Smith Cree Nation and the town of Weldon, located northeast of Saskatoon, authorities said.

The first 911 call about a stabbing was received around 5:40 a.m. Sunday and police began receiving additional calls from multiple locations minutes later, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Damien Sanderson, 31, was found dead with “visible injuries” on Monday in a heavily grassed area near the stabbing sites, police said. Investigators are still searching for Myles Sanderson, who may be injured and seeking medical attention. He is considered armed and dangerous and is believed to still be in the provincial capital of Regina, according to authorities.

An additional 19 people were injured, but officials will not be releasing their identities, according to the Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service.

The families of those killed appeared at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.

These are the victims killed in the attacks:

Thomas Burns, 23, of James Smith Cree Nation, Saskatchewan

Carol Burns, 46, of James Smith Cree Nation, Saskatchewan

Gregory Burns, 28, of James Smith Cree Nation, Saskatchewan

Gregory Burns was the son of Brian Burns and Bonnie Burns, who were also killed in the attack. He was known by the nickname “Jonesy,” the family said.

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

Bonnie Burns, 48, of James Smith Cree Nation, Saskatchewan

Bonnie Burns was a member of the Dakota First Nation and was married to Brian Burns.

The couple was married for 15 years and there were known to always laugh and joke, their family said during the news conference.

Their son, Gregory Burns, was also killed in the attack. The couple has three more sons, and Bonnie Burns lived for her children and taking care of their home, the family said.

Earl Burns, 66, of James Smith Cree Nation, Saskatchewan

Lana Head, 49, of James Smith Cree Nation, Saskatchewan

Christian Head, 54, of James Smith Cree Nation, Saskatchewan

Robert Sanderson, 49, of James Smith Cree Nation, Saskatchewan

Wesley Petterson, 78, of Weldon, Saskatchewan

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

ABC News’ Melissa Gaffney, Teddy Grant and Morgan Winsor contributed to this report.

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