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ARRESTED: Arrest warrant issued for suspect involved with La Ronge shooting incident

By Les Lazaruk Jun 12, 2026 | 5:14 PM

La Ronge RCMP have arrested Sampson Roberts in relation to a shooting incident in La Ronge.

According to a Saskatchewan RCMP news release, the La Ronge detachment received a report of a shooting on Bird Place at about 2:45 p.m. Thursday. Their investigation determined that two men got into an altercation outside a residence with one of the them discharging a firearm, injuring the other man. The armed man, determined to be 25-year-old Sampson Roberts of La Ronge, left in a car he took from the scene with La Ronge RCMP locating and recovering the vehicle on Friday morning, but no sign of the suspect.

Now, RCMP report that the La Ronge Crime Reduction Team arrested Sampson Roberts on June 17 in the La Ronge area.

He is scheduled to appear in La Ronge Provincial Court on June 18.