Volume 57 Number 47
Friday, November 24, 2017
Thompson, Manitoba
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Trio charged with trying to kill another teen and setting fire that destroyed a house
RCMP photos Two 14-year-old girls and one 14-year-old boy were charged with attempted murder and unlawful confinement following a fire in Oxford House Nov. 16. Two 14-year-old girls and a 15-year-old boy have been charged with attempted murder after a fire that completely destroyed a house in Oxford House Nov. 16. One of the females is also
charged with arson endangering life and unlawful confinement while the other female and the male are also charged with unlawful confinement. Oxford House RCMP received a call just before midnight Nov. 16
about a house fire in East Back Lake and arrived to find a house completely engulfed in flames. Three male and two female youths present when the fire started were taken to the nursing station for treatment of smoke
inhalation. Police investigation determined that the 14-year-old girls and 15-year-old boy had come to the residence and assaulted a 16-year-old boy, preventing him from leaving and starting a fire. The other male
present, aged 13, was allowed to leave the house. The youth facing charges were remanded into custody and Oxford House RCMP continue to investigate with the assistance of Major Crime Services North.
Pace of justice system frustrating for family of man killed by RCMP officer two years ago Steven Campbell was shot and killed by an RCMP officer in Thompson two years ago. The officer who shot him was charged with several offences, including manslaughter, in March, but has yet to go on trial.
BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET
On the second anniversary of the fatal shooting of Thompson resident Steven Campbell by RCMP Const. Abram Letkeman, the victim’s sister is frustrated with the lack of progress since the Independent Investigation Unit (IIU) of Manitoba announced in March that the officer had been charged with manslaughter and other
offences. “Here it is two years later and there’s not even
a court appearance and it’s just very frustrating for my family and I to know that if it was the other way around my brother would be sitting in a jail cell,” said Shannon Heck in a Nov. 20 interview. Campbell died Nov. 21, 2015 after being shot multiple times after the vehicle
he was driving was pulled over following a brief pursuit. RCMP said at the time that, as Letkeman approached the vehicle, the driver accelerated and the vehicle hit Letkeman, who discharged his weapon, killing Campbell, who was pronounced dead at the
scene. A woman in the front seat was also shot once and was transferred to hospital in Winnipeg for treatment of her injuries. Three other people were passengers in the vehicle; two did not suffer any injuries, said police, while the other sustained minor injuries unrelated
to gunshots and was released from hospital after treatment. Letkeman was taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries and released. Campbell’s mother, Shirley Huber, told the Thompson Citizen in 2015 that one of the other passengers had told her that Letkeman slammed his vehicle into Campbell’s to stop him and then fired nine shots into Continued on Page 10
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