Woman at centre of Turtleford, Sask. triple homicide says she shot in self-defence
CBC
Madison Jimmy says it was shoot or be shot.
The 25-year-old mother from Thunderchild First Nation is currently in jail at Pine Grove Correctional Centre near Prince Albert, charged with second-degree murder.
Jimmy does not deny fatally shooting Tonio Cantell on Nov. 5. But she says it happened in an explosion of violence that left three men dead in a matter of minutes at a farmyard west of Turtleford, 226 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.
She said Cantell had killed her fiancé, 46-year-old Dustin Roberts, then swung the rifle between his own girlfriend and herself.
"The look on his face," she said in an interview with CBC.
"He already shot my boyfriend, like 'Who cares if I kill these two' kind of look, y'know? So I shot him before he could shoot us."
Jimmy said she then hopped in a truck with Cantell's girlfriend and another friend and drove the 16 kilometres to Turtleford, where she turned herself in at the RCMP detachment.
Police are still saying little about what happened in the farmyard that day.
RCMP sent out a news release two days after the shootings, saying officers got a report about three injured people at a rural property northwest of Turtleford on Nov. 5, but by the time paramedics arrived, the three men were dead.
They identified 28-year-old Tonio Cantell from Island Lake First Nation as one of the dead men, and said they had charged Madison Paddy-Jimmy with second-degree murder.
RCMP said the two other victims were a 46-year-old man from Turtleford and a 30-year-old man from Big Island Lake Cree Territory, but have not released their names.
"No further identifying details will be provided for the two other males as the RCMP is not currently seeking the public’s assistance to further this investigation," the RCMP's release said.
"Investigation determined each victim sustained gunshot wounds and all three deceased males are the victims of homicide. Investigators seized multiple firearms from the property. Investigators do not believe there are additional victims or suspects."
RCMP would not directly confirm that Jimmy turned herself in at the detachment, adding only that "we can confirm that Madison Paddy-Jimmy was arrested at the Turtleford RCMP Detachment" and that there was no manhunt or chase.
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