WEYBURN – Saskatchewan RCMP advise there will be an increased police presence near Weyburn, which will require a closure of Highway 39, during the late afternoon/evening of Sept. 24. This is part of the existing, ongoing RCMP Major Crimes investigation into the suspicious death that occurred on Sept. 12.
The closure will be on Highway 39 northwest of Weyburn from Range Road 2150 and Range Road 2153.
This closure will occur from approximately 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 24 and will be posted on the Highway Hotline.
RCMP investigators will be working on-scene and as such, traffic will be re-routed. Please slow down as you approach the area and abide by signage/instruction provided. Motorists can expect delays in the area.
RCMP say they do not have further updates on the investigation to share publicly at this time.
On Sept. 23, the RCMP urged the public to disregard a widely circulated social media post alleging a series of shootings on highways near Weyburn. Officials say the claims are entirely unfounded and have sparked unnecessary concern across the region.
Woman fatally shot
Shortly after 8 p.m. on Sept. 12, first responders from the Weyburn Police Service and EMS were dispatched to a report of a person who was seriously injured in an SUV travelling on Highway 39 approximately three kilometres northwest of Weyburn near the Richardson Pioneer/Viterra grain terminals/elevators.
The police investigation determined two adult females were travelling together in a black Ford Explorer on Highway 39, driving towards Weyburn. A loud crack was heard and a passenger, a 44-year-old female from Weyburn, was struck by a bullet that had entered the travelling Ford Explorer. Tanya Myers, 44, died as a result of the shooting.
RCMP say that Myers was shot when someone discharged a firearm that struck the travelling vehicle from behind. The driver, also from the Weyburn area, wasn’t injured and isn’t considered a suspect.
