Native teen, 16, wanted on murder charge

First Nations

Thursday, May 22, 2008

A 16-year-old from the Pasqua First Nation in Saskatchewan has been charged with murder and assault with a weapon.

Steven Tyler Gordon allegedly stabbed and killed Darcy Joseph Fayant, 28, at a house party on the reserve last Saturday, May 17.

Juveniles who are charged with crimes aren't normally identified in Canada but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan obtained a court order to release Gordon's name and photograph.

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