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       Shawn Moostoos has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two people on the James Smith Cree Nation.

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       A man arrested following a weekend manhunt has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two people on a Saskatchewan First Nation.

       Mounties say the shooting took place during an altercation on the James Smith Cree Nation, about 180 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.

       A 37-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman were killed and another man, who is 44, was taken to hospital.

       Shawn Moostoos, who is 33, was arrested Monday at a home in Melfort, Sask.

       Moostoos is also charged with attempted murder and intent to endanger life by discharging a firearm.

       He is to appear in Nipawin provincial court Wednesday.

       RCMP sent out an emergency alert Sunday night as they searched for a suspect, who they warned was possibly armed and should not be approached. The alert was lifted the next morning.

       Mounties said Moostoos was known to the people who were shot, but their names have not been released.

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