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Cocaine overdose killed man responsible for Saskatchewan stabbing rampage

Pathologist testifies in inquest into the death of Myles Sanderson who killed 11 and wounded 17
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A hotel conference room being used for the inquest into the apprehension and death of Myles Sanderson, who killed 11 people and injured 17 others on the James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby community of Weldon back in September 2022, is shown in Saskatoon, Monday, February 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

Before a mass killer died of a cocaine overdose in police custody, he asked officers arresting him how many people he had killed in the stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan, an inquest heard Tuesday.

害羞草研究所淗ow many bodies did I get?害羞草研究所 Myles Sanderson says in video captured on RCMP dashboard cameras.

Three days before he was captured, Sanderson went from home to home on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon, kicking in doors and attacking people. Eleven people were killed and 17 others were injured.

On Tuesday, jurors saw video of Sanderson害羞草研究所檚 arrest during the coroner害羞草研究所檚 inquest into the killer害羞草研究所檚 death.

Sgt. Ken Kane, a detective with Saskatoon police and one of the officers tasked with investigating Sanderson害羞草研究所檚 death, described the video to jurors.

Kane said 32-year-old Sanderson expresses shock that 害羞草研究所渘obody even shot at me, man.害羞草研究所

害羞草研究所淵ou should have shot me,害羞草研究所 Sanderson says repeatedly to officers in the video.

The video shows Sanderson害羞草研究所檚 knees buckle and him beginning to convulse.

The killer was given naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdoses. An officer also found a rolled-up $20 bill and a bag of a white substance in Sanderson害羞草研究所檚 hand, the inquest heard.

Officers performed chest compressions on Sanderson until paramedics arrived and took him to hospital in an ambulance.

Dr. Shaun Ladham, a forensic pathologist, told the inquest that Sanderson died from toxicity due to cocaine.

害羞草研究所淭here was so much cocaine there,害羞草研究所 Ladham said of the amount found in Sanderson害羞草研究所檚 body.

A toxicologist testified that blood samples taken from Sanderson had one of the highest cocaine levels she害羞草研究所檇 ever seen.

害羞草研究所淎 very, very high level,害羞草研究所 said Jennifer Billinsky, who tested the samples from Sanderson.

There were no traces of alcohol, fentanyl or methamphetamine.

Darryl Burns, whose sister was killed on the First Nation, said he felt a surge of emotions watching the video of Sanderson害羞草研究所檚 arrest.

害羞草研究所淚 couldn害羞草研究所檛 understand what I was going through. I didn害羞草研究所檛 know if it was anger or relief or what it was,害羞草研究所 Burns said during a break in the inquest.

害羞草研究所淚t害羞草研究所檚 not that he was dead, but that the danger was gone,害羞草研究所 Burns said.

Sanderson had been on the run for several days when police caught up to him on Sept. 7, 2022.

The inquest previously heard a call to police from a woman who said Sanderson had broken into her home and stolen her truck, setting off a rapid search throughout the area near Wakaw, Sask.

Const. Brianne Hathaway, who was in an unmarked vehicle, told the inquest she spotted the truck and began to follow as it went toward Highway 11, the main road heading to Saskatoon from points north.

Dashboard video shows the truck driving into a gas station parking lot, onto a gravel road, then onto the highway in the wrong direction.

Police speed after the truck as Sanderson steers into oncoming traffic. He drives across the grass and into the southbound lanes.

Const. Heidi Marshall testified it gave her the opportunity to do a difficult and risky vehicle manoeuvre to stop the killer. For a moment, she thought about her two young children at home and what a mistake could mean for them, she said.

害羞草研究所淭hat quickly fleeted out of my mind,害羞草研究所 she told the inquest.

The video shows Marshall driving her vehicle into the truck, forcing it to spin. The truck goes into a ditch.

害羞草研究所淚 got him. I got him,害羞草研究所 Marshall says in the video.

As officers pulled Sanderson out of the truck and arrested him, Hathaway said he recognized her. He asked if she had been in the truck following him.

The inquest, scheduled for a week in Saskatoon, is required under legislation because Sanderson died in police custody.

It is to establish when and where Sanderson died and the cause of his death. The six-person jury may also provide recommendations.

A separate inquest into the massacre was held last month, examining each of the killings and issuing more than two dozen recommendations.

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