Waterloo Region Record

Drugs and gangs ‘killing our youth,’ principal says

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A First Nations community is reeling following the killing of a high school student and the arrest of two younger teens. RCMP have not identified the 19-year-old found dead near a home on the Sagkeeng First Nation Sunday night, and say two girls aged 16 and 17 were arrested on charges of seconddegr­ee murder. Community members say the victim is Serena McKay, and the accused are students at the community’s high school. Principal Claude Guimond says students and staff have been hit hard by the tragedy, and by a social media video he says is McKay being beaten. RCMP are aware of the video and are reviewing it to see whether it is pertinent to the case. Guimond says the community, 120 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, has seen increasing gang activity and drug use and it is proving deadly.

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