Teen charged with 4 counts of first-degree murder in Carry the Kettle homicides

WATCH: Sask. RCMP arrested a man and a youth in connection to the quadruple homicide at Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation. Wayne Mantyka reports.

A 15-year-old male youth has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in connection with a triple homicide on the Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation.

The youth was taken into custody by Saskatchewan RCMP Feb. 18 on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation.

His identity cannot be revealed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The charges stem from the deaths of Tracey Hotomani, Sheldon Quewezance, Shauna Fay and Terry Jack, who were found dead in a home on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation southeast of Regina on Feb. 4.

The youth’s charges mirror those of 18-year-old Darrius Racette, whose four counts of first-degree murder were confirmed by RCMP in a news conference Wednesday.

Police say the killings were targeted.

“This was not a random act of violence as such, we did not believe there to be an imminent risk to general public safety, and did not proceed with issuing an emergency alert,” RCMP Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore explained Wednesday.

The youth is scheduled to appear by phone in Regina Provincial Court Thursday morning.