The The Saskatchewan Massacre is the name of a mass murder incident in Shell Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada, during the early morning of August 15, 1967. Nine people, all members of the family of Peterson, were shot in the head by a man who was later called "Canada's worst random mass murderer"

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/marking-50-years-since-the-shell-lake-murders-canada-s-worst-random-mass-killing-1.4244265

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Lake_murders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia

https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/264211/charged-with-murder-in-the-massacre-of-nine-persons-in-the-j

https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hoffman-victor-ernest.htm

https://www.firearmsoutletcanada.com/firearms/non-restricted-rifles/lever-action

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MT19670821.2.16&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1022714947534

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeG9Rty981E