BATTLEFORD – Javon Moosomin pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Boyd Firingstone’s death and was sentenced on Dec. 7 in Battleford Court of King’s Bench to nine years in prison.
The victim’s sister, who didn’t want to be identified, said she is deeply saddened with what she perceives as a light prison sentence.
"That is not justice. That guy got a slap on a wrist. He did point blank at my brother. He took his life.
“Boyd was really kind,” she said, adding that he had his own house in North Battleford and would let homeless people stay there, including Moosomin.
“He shot him five times,” she told SASKTODAY.ca Friday in a phone interview.
She said that her brother had asked Moosomin to move out of his home after he was causing trouble.
Police photos released of Moosomin when they were searching for him show a tattoo that says “916.” The numbers 9:16 are typical to Indian Posse street gang.
Moosomin, now 24, was originally charged with second-degree murder in Firingstone’s death.
North Battleford RCMP say they got a call at about 1:45 a.m. on Oct. 21, 2021, about a shooting in the 1200 block of 108 Street in North Battleford. Firingstone, from Mosquito First Nation, was declared deceased at the scene.
Moosomin was eventually arrested in Edmonton, Alta., by Edmonton Police Service on Dec. 17, 2021, and brought back to Saskatchewan.
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