Spiritwood Incident

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The Spiritwood Incident occurred on July 7, 2006. The incident began in the town of Spiritwood, Saskatchewan, a community of about 1000 people located approxamately 92 miles (148 km) Northwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and ended near Mildred, Saskatchewan, approximately 27 kilometres away.

On July 7, two officers from the RCMP detachment in Spiritwood, Constable Robin Cameron (29) and Constable Marc Bourdages (26) responded to a complaint at a home close to the detachment. A man later identified as Curtis Dagenais, 41 of Spiritwood, fled the scene in a pickup truck. The officers followed, and the ensuing pursuit lasted 27 kilometres. During the chase gunfire was exchanged between RCMP officers and Dagenais, resulting in both constables being shot in the head through their car windshield. Dagenais abandoned his car and escaped on foot. A massive manhunt failed to find Dagenais, who turned himself in without incident to the RCMP's Spiritwood detachment on July 18, 2006 after being hunted for 12 days.

The officers later died of their wounds, with Cameron passing away on July 14, and Bourdages early the next morning, on July 15.

Dagenais is currently in custody and is expected to be brought to trial in North Battleford shortly.

[edit] External links

• Globe And Mail: Suspect in RCMP Slayings surrenders.
• Globe And Mail: RCMP officers succumb to their wounds