Update: Minor charged with murder after Lloydminster shooting

On May 27, 2024, at approximately 10:38 p.m., Lloydminster RCMP received a complaint stating that someone had been shot outside of an apartment complex in Lloydminster.

Lloydminster RCMP responded, located the victim and some officers immediately started life-preserving efforts while others searched for the suspect.

 In the early morning of May 31, 2024, the victim of the aggravated assault, 19-year-old Nicolas Scott, succumbed to his injuries. 

On June 3, 2024, the 17-year-old youth was brought before the North Battleford Provincial Court, where, following Nicholas Scott’s death, charges were consolidated and added. Regarding this case, the youth was charged with:

• Second degree murder;
• Failure to comply with release order;
• Possession of restricted firearm; and
• Other firearm-related offences (x3)

 The youth was remanded into custody, to appear at the Lloydminster Provincial Court in Saskatchewan on July 8, 2024.