The teacher, teacher’s aide and teen brothers who died in La Loche shooting
LA LOCHE, Sask. — Four people were killed and seven wounded in a mass shooting at a school and a home in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche on Jan. 22, 2016. A student, who was 17 at the time, pleaded guilty and a judge ruled Friday that he will be sentenced as an adult.
Here’s a look at those who died:
Marie Jaqueline Janvier:
The 21-year-old was a graduate of the La Loche school and had recently been hired as a tutor or teacher’s aide. “She always felt the kids needed a little bit more. She was the one to give them that,” said former assistant principal Phyllis Longobardi. Janvier’s family said the young woman planned on going to university to become a teacher. She loved children and animals. She lived with and cared for her mother and grandmother. Jackie Janvier described her only child as a kind, sweet and caring woman who worked hard and didn’t like sitting at home. Deegan Park, her boyfriend of three years, said he would have given up the rest of his life just to spend another year with her. “I grew up not a good guy, but she turned me right.”