La Loche shooting

School two days after shooting

The **La Loche shooting** occurred on January 22, 2016.

## Shooting

After going home and briskly eating lunch, he retrieved a box of ammunition from his bedroom and walked across the street to his grandparents' house, where his 17-year-old cousin, Dayne, was alone. He walked into Dayne's bedroom and grabbed a .22-caliber rifle. He then told his cousin to "come here." Dayne went downstairs and asked Fontaine, "what are you doing?" Fontaine then pointed his rifle at him, to which his cousin begged, "Don't shoot me." The shooter ignored his cries and shot him. The shocked Dayne tried to flee but Fontaine shot him in the back, and then nine more times on the kitchen floor, killing him.

After killing his cousin, he grabbed a shotgun and a set of truck keys, and left the house. As he was getting into the truck, Dayne's 13-year-old brother, Drayden, ran towards him. Fontaine told the boy to follow him into the house, where he fatally shot him twice—once in the face and once in the head.

One minute later, at 1:01 p.m., he went back to his truck. There, he texted his friends, "sup. I'm done with life" using Facebook Messenger. One of his friends asked "why," to which he responded, "just killed two ppl. bout to shoot ip the school. Dayne and lul are dead, brosss."

The shooter drove until he reached the parking lot of La Loche Community School's Dene building. He first left the shotgun in the truck and briefly walked around the school's common area. Afterwards, he returned to the truck and armed himself before firing at least three times at the main entrance, non-fatally striking a student in the chest. He subsequently injured two more students, shooting one in the chest and right arm and the other in the stomach and left calf. One teacher immediately ran to the school's office and called 911. Meanwhile, Fontaine shot the assistant principal in the hallway. The first shot missed, but the second hit her in the right forearm and wrist. She ran into a classroom with six students, shut the door, and also called the police.

The shooter proceeded to fire at another student through the doorway of the main entrance. She was hit by shattered glass and shotgun pellets. Next, he advanced to the main office, where he shot 35-year-old Adam Wood, a newly hired teacher, in the stomach at close range. When the teacher fell to the floor, Fontaine shot him again, mortally wounding him. The two did not know each other.

Fontaine then roamed the hallways, checking doors and peering through windows. After seeing a substitute teacher in one classroom, he shot her in the face, wounding her. Teacher's aide Marie Janvier, 21, rushed to help the wounded teacher, but Fontaine shot her in the process. She died of neck and chest injuries near instantly.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Hamilton, Charles (April 16, 2020). "Don't shoot me: Complete chilling account of La Loche mass shooting now public." *CBC News*. Retrieved April 17, 2023. (Archive).
2. ↑ "La Loche school shooting: a timeline of events." January 24, 2016. *Global News*. Retrieved April 17, 2023. (Archive).

## External links

* La Loche shootings at *Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia*
* Randan Fontaine at *Amok Wiki*