A judge has sentenced a Saskatoon boy to 18 months for killing a friend while posing with a gun and pretending to be a gangster.

The 15-year-old boy earlier pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death and has been ordered to serve one year in open custody and six months under community supervision.

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Court heard three boys had been drinking and posed for photos and videos with a sawed-off rifle in a home in February 2024.

An agreed statement of facts says the victim was shot in the head, and the boy who fired the gun thought it was in safe mode.

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