By Dave Baxter Local Journalism Initiative A 13-year-old boy struck by a bullet in his bedroom was the victim of a “targeted” shooting over the weekend, in a community that continues to grapple with violence, fears of dangerous weapons and youth crime. According to RCMP, around 2:25 a.m. on Saturday morning, they got a call about someone being shot inside a home on the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN). According to police, shots were fired at the house from outside, and bullets passed through a wall in the living room and into the victim’s bedroom where he was struck while lying on his bed, while five other people who were in the home at the time, including three other youth, were not injured. The boy was transported to a Winnipeg hospital…
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