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Canadian police on Wednesday arrested the second suspect in a stabbing rampage that killed 10 people after a three-day manhunt.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Myles Sanderson, 32, was near the Saskatchewan town of Rosthern at around 3:30 p.m. local time. An official familiar with the matter said Sanderson’s vehicle was rammed by police and he surrendered.
This combination of images shown during a press conference shows Damien Sanderson, left, and his brother Myles Sanderson.
(Royal Canadian Mounted Police via AP)
His arrest comes after authorities found the body of Sanderson’s brother, 31-year-old Damien Sanderson, near the site of most of the stabbings on Monday. Police are investigating whether Myles Sanderson, 32, killed his brother.
The fury of the stabbing raised questions as to why Myles Sanderson – a former inmate with 59 sentences and a long history of shocking violence – was on the streets in the first place.
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He was released by a probation commission in February while serving a sentence of over four years on charges of assault and robbery. But he had been wanted by police since May, apparently for violating the terms of his release, even if the details were not immediately clear.
Many of Sanderson’s crimes were committed when he was drunk, according to court documents. At one point, he told probation officials that drug use had driven him out of his mind. Records showed that he repeatedly violated court orders banning him from drinking or using drugs.
This combination of photos provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shows stabbed victims, top left, Bonnie Burns, Carol Burns, Christian Head, Lydia Gloria Burns and Lana Head. Bottom left, Wesley Petterson, Thomas Burns, Gregory Burns, Robert Sanderson and Earl Burns.
(Royal Canadian Mounted Police via AP)
Sanderson, who is indigenous and grew up on the Cree Reservation, with a population of 1,900, began drinking and smoking marijuana around age 12, and cocaine followed soon after.
In 2017, he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home, punctured the bathroom door while his two sons were hiding in a bathtub, and threw a concrete block at a vehicle parked outside, according to probation documents. .
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That November, he threatened an accomplice to rob a fast-food restaurant by beating him with a gun and beating his head. And in 2018 he stabbed two men with a fork while he drank and beat someone unconscious.
When he was released in February, the probation commission set the conditions for his contacts with his partner and children and also stated that he should not enter into relationships with women without the written permission of his custody officer.
In this image taken from the video, Canadian law enforcement personnel surrounded a residence on the James Smith Cree First Nation reservation in Saskatchewan, Canada on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, as they search for a suspect in a series of stabbings.
(Photo AP / Robert Bumsted)
In granting Sanderson “legal release”, the probation authorities said: “It is the opinion of the Council that you will not pose an undue risk to society.”
Canadian law grants prisoners legal release after serving two-thirds of their sentences. But the probation commission can impose conditions on that freedom, and inmates who violate them, as Sanderson has done more than once, can be sentenced to go back to prison.
Canadian Minister of Public Safety, Marco Mendicino, said there will be an investigation into Sanderson’s assessment by the probation board.
“I want to know the reasons for the decision” to release him, Mendicino said. “I am extremely concerned about what happened here. One community has been left to falter.”
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The Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service said nine of the people killed were from the James Smith Cree Nation: Thomas Burns, 23; Carol Burns, 46; Gregory Burns, 28; Lydia Gloria Burns, 61; Bonnie Burns, 48; Count Burns, 66; Lana Testa, 49; Christian Head, 54; and Robert Sanderson, 49. One was from Weldon, 78-year-old Wesley Patterson.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
