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The Saskatchewan RCMP is warning the public about online misinformation as officers continue to investigate a shooting death on a highway near Weyburn.
On the evening of Sept. 12, 44-year-old Tanya Myers was shot and killed while she was a passenger in a Ford Explorer SUV travelling on Highway 39, northwest of Weyburn. She was declared dead at the scene.
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The RCMP said another driver who was on Highway 39 at around the same time reported hearing two “pops” and found a flat tire on their vehicle the following day. Police later determined the damage was caused by a gunshot.
Tanya Myers was killed in a shooting on Highway 39, near Weyburn, on Sept. 12. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
The RCMP said investigators will be working in the area of the shooting on Wednesday, and Highway 39 will be closed northwest of the city from around 5 p.m. until around 9 p.m.
“Please slow down as you approach the area and abide by signage/instruction provided,” the RCMP advised. “Motorists can expect delays in the area; we thank you for your patience.”
But while the RCMP said it had no additional updates to share on the investigation, the Mounties warned the public to be cautious about sharing information found on social media after police saw a post that included misinformation about the shooting.
The RCMP did not quote the post in question, but indicated that it may have included false claims of additional firearms incidents in the area.
“There have not been any other firearms-related incidents reported in the Weyburn Detachment area, except for a report of a single gunshot heard during the evening of Sunday, September 21. Officers attended the area and did not locate any injured persons, or evidence of a suspicious firearms discharge,” the RCMP explained.
“There have not been any other reports of other events that may be considered connected to the incident on September 12.”
If an “imminent public safety risk” is identified, the RCMP said the public will be notified immediately.
During an interview last week on the Evan Bray Show, Joshua Graham, the superintendent in charge of Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes, said “extensive” searches of the area over the weekend didn’t turn up any clues, despite help from search-and-rescue personnel.
He said RCMP officers also spoke with landowners and employees at a nearby grain elevator.
“To date, we haven’t found any physical evidence in those searches that would help us in this investigation,” he said.
“Lots has been done thus far, but definitely the questions remain. What happened? And was, ultimately, this a murder?”
Graham thanked everyone who has provided information to police in the aftermath of the shooting.
“At the end of the day, our homicide investigators’ job is to put all those different pieces of the puzzle together to make the picture. And the public, and people providing that information, are huge pieces within that puzzle,” he said.
“If there’s something that people see, hear or know, or maybe they have a conversation about maybe somebody who was out shooting a gun around that time, that’d be something the investigators would certainly like a call on.”
