Flin Flon Murder Suspect Faces Murder Charge After Large-Scale Search on New Years Day | The Canadian News

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The RCMP has filed charges in connection with a homicide in Flin Flon after a large-scale search for a suspect that lasted much of New Year’s Day.

Officers responded to two shootings Saturday morning within an hour of each other, one outside a community room in Creighton, Saskatchewan, shortly after midnight, and another in Flin Flon, at a residence on Bellevue Avenue, right after 1 am.

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A 24-year-old man was shot in Creighton and taken to hospital in stable condition, while in Flin Flon, a 47-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman were shot, and the woman died of their injuries.

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Police determined the incidents were linked and searched the two areas extensively during the day until they encountered the suspect, 18-year-old Xander Tardiff, on Saturday night and he was arrested.

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He now faces one count of second-degree murder along with multiple firearms charges.

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