Youth charged over Canada shootings

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published January 25, 2016

Police say a 17-year-old has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder in a mass shooting at a school and home in western Canada.

TORONTO, Jan 23 - Police said on Saturday the male suspect can't be named under Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act.

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