Text messages leading up to James Smith stabbing massacre shared at first day of inquest
The first witness at the inquest into the fatal stabbings at James Smith Cree Nation was an RCMP staff sergeant who described how police gained insight into the escalating violence and chaos that occurred through text messages sent by Myles Sanderson's brother Damien.
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![11 people were killed in the Sept. 4, 2022 stabbings. Most were from James Smith Cree Nation. One man was from Weldon, Sask. The faces of 11 people, with names and ages when they died, are all in one image.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6953233.1693496706!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/james-smith-victims-11.jpg)
The first witness at the inquest into the fatal stabbings at James Smith Cree Nation was an RCMP staff sergeant who described how police gained insight into the escalating violence and chaos that occurred through text messages sent by Myles Sanderson's brother Damien.