Mass Murder 🇨🇦

Classification: reported
Incident Summary: On December 15, 1982, 18-year-old Richard Dean Landrie was shot and killed by police in Saskatoon, SK, after he held a 17-year-old security guard hostage for 21 hours. The incident occurred after Landrie used the hostage as a shield while fleeing a townhouse fire.

Well-Supported Details:

• The incident occurred on December 15, 1982, in Saskatoon, SK.
• Richard Dean Landrie, an 18-year-old, was shot and killed by police.
• Landrie held a 17-year-old security guard hostage for 21 hours.
• The hostage, Kevin Bourk, received a minor gunshot wound to his hand.
• The incident occurred after Landrie used the hostage as a shield while fleeing a townhouse fire.
• A police sharpshooter shot Landrie when he aimed his automatic rifle at the hostage.

Unverified or Conflicting Claims:

• There is no information on the exact content of the news articles from The Phoenix, dated December 14 and 15, 1982, which are available through the Google News Archive Search.
• The timestamp of the source from The Phoenix, dated December 14, 1982, is not provided in the article itself.

Source Quality Notes:

• Source 1: [news] https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z0FgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h3ANAAAAIBAJ&pg=1004%2C4285996 - This source is a news article from The Phoenix, dated December 15, 1982, but the exact content is not provided.
• Source 2: [news] https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zkFgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h3ANAAAAIBAJ&pg=990%2C4073449 - This source is a news article from The Phoenix, dated December 14, 1982, but the exact content is not provided, and the timestamp is not provided in the article itself.
• Source 3: [other] https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/12/15/Police-had-no-choice-but-to-shoot-a-teenaged/3726408776400/ - This source is a news article from UPI, dated December 15, 1982, and provides a detailed account of the incident.