Saskatoon boy sentenced for role in 12-year-old's accidental shooting death

Court heard the boy, who was 12 at the time, didn't fire the gun, but was seen on video pointing the sawed-off rifle at the victim.

In a Massey Place bedroom in the early morning of Feb. 19, three young boys posted photos and videos of themselves holding cans of bear spray and a sawed-off rifle.

Moments later, one boy accidentally shot another in the head.

They were drinking stolen vodka and taking turns pointing the gun at each other “in an effort to appear as though they were gangsters,” Crown prosecutor Shaela Verma said while presenting an agreed statement of facts on Friday during sentencing for one of the boys.