Police officials have revealed that the remaining suspect in a stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan that left 10 dead and 18 others injured died after he was arrested.
Myles Sanderson, 32, was arrested on a highway in Saskatchewan recently after a high-speed chase.
During the chase, police officers rammed the car of Sanderson off the road into a ditch near Rosthern. He was detained but went into what was described as “medical distress” by a spokeswoman.
The chase happened after an officer received a report that a stolen vehicle was being driven by a man armed with a knife.
Officers attempted CPR at the scene and he was taken to hospital by ambulance but died shortly.
Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, Commander of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan, said she could not provide further details. She said his cause of death would be determined by a post-mortem examination.
While talking to the media, an unnamed official said he died of self-inflicted injuries.
Officers discovered a knife in the SUV when they arrested him.
Photos and video from the scene revealed a white truck off to the side of the road with police cars surrounding it. Airbags had deployed in the truck.
While speaking at a news conference, Blackmore said: “This evening our province is breathing a collective sigh of relief.”
Sanderson died after a four-day manhunt that occurred after he and his brother, Damien, were declared suspects of the mass killing in the remote indigenous community James Smith Cree Nation, around the village of Weldon.
Not long ago, police saw Damien’s body in a field close to the scene of the knife rampage. Police are investigating whether he was murdered by his brother Myles.
The stabbings brewed questions about why Myles, an ex-convict with 59 convictions with a long history of shocking violence, was out on the streets in the first place.
In February, he was released by a parole board while serving a sentence of over four years on charges which included assault and robbery.
But he had been declared wanted by police since May for violating the terms of his release.
Blackmore said that with both men dead, authorities will find it difficult to find out what set off the rampage.
She said: “Now that Myles is deceased we may never have an understanding of that motivation.
“I hope that this brings them closure. I hope they can rest easy knowing that Myles Sanderson is no longer a threat to them.”
All the victims of the stabbing spree have been identified.
The victims have been identified as mother-of-two Lana Head, 49; Christian Head, 54; Gregory Burns, 28; his aunt Gloria Lydia Burns, 61; an addictions counsellor, Gloria’s sister-in-law Bonnie Burns, 48; Thomas Burns, 23; Carol Burns, 46; Canadian military veteran Earl Burns, Robert Sanderson, 49 and Wesley Petterson, 77.
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