Some of the people who died in the stabbing massacre on James Smith Cree Nation last month were killed because they were trying to help others, RCMP say.
Residents put themselves at risk and in some cases paid with their lives for simply trying to protect others in their community, Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore told The Canadian Press in a recent interview. Read more: Myles Sanderson responsible for Saskatchewan stabbing deaths, including brother: RCMP “I think of that saying `Not all heroes wear capes.’ I learned that some heroes wear moccasins because we saw that at James Smith.
Protecting people just because that was the right thing to do,” Blackmore said. “They didn’t think of their own safety. And they put themselves in harm’s way.” RCMP have said Myles Sanderson killed 11 people on the First Nation and nearby village of Weldon on Sept.
4, including his own brother, Damien Sanderson. Eighteen other people were injured. Herbert Burns’ sister, Gloria Lydia Burns, 61, was one of the victims who died while trying to help Bonnie Burns, 48, who called for help from her home. Read more: Saskatchewan stabbing suspect’s February release to be investigated by parole board “When (Gloria) got there and got too close, that’s when she saw the blood and the knives, and rather than run she tried to do the best she could to stop, but they turned on her,” Burns told The Canadian Press.