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The deadly triple shooting at a campus college bar in Sarnia has rocked the region.
Published Apr 15, 2026 • Last updated 5 hours ago • 6 minute read
A row of hockey sticks, along with flowers, jerseys and other items, line an outside wall Monday at Lambton College next to an entrance to the Lion’s Den pub where one person died and two were injured last week in a shooting. Photo by Paul Morden /The ObserverArticle content
The deadly triple shooting at a campus college bar in Sarnia has rocked the region.
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Three young former junior hockey teammates and longtime friends shot, one of them killed, in a seemingly random run-in. The tragedy has “shattered” his family’s heart and shaken Sarnia, a hockey-obsessed city with a small-town feel.
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Here’s a recap of what we know so far as a manhunt for one of the accused continues.
WHO WAS SHOT?
Three men, ages 19 or 20, were shot about 1 a.m. last Friday on the patio of the Lion’s Den, a student-run campus pub at Lambton College. Dane Nisbet, 20, of Sarnia, was rushed to Bluewater Health, where he died, police said.
The two other men, longtime friends of Nisbet’s who police have declined to identify, suffered injuries that weren’t life threatening.
Former Mooretown Flags forward Dane Nisbet. (Brooke Burnie photo)WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE SHOOTING?
Sarnia police said a group of four people, two from London and two from Sarnia, barhopped in the border city earlier that night, going from Chuck’s Roadhouse restaurant to Two Amigos restaurant and bar to the Lion’s Den. Throughout, one man in the group was “aggressive and looking to stir up trouble,” police said.
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At Chuck’s, that group and another group – not Nisbet’s – clashed, a window was broken and a firearm flashed. Police were called about 11 p.m., but no firearm was found and a vehicle officers stopped turned out to be an Uber.
Nisbet and his friends were also at Chuck’s for a bit that night, but had no involvement in that incident or with the other group.
A window is covered with cardboard at Chuck’s Roadhouse restaurant in Sarnia Sunday. The window was smashed and a firearm flashed shortly before a man was killed at a nearby Lambton College campus pub two days before. (Terry Bridge/The Observer) Photo by Terry Bridge /Terry Bridge/The ObserverWHAT HAPPENED AT THE LION’S DEN?
On arriving at the college pub, the man police said was aggressive clashed with several people. Words were exchanged and several people moved out to the pub’s patio, expecting a bar fight.
But there were no fisticuffs. Instead, a man allegedly pulled a Glock 45 handgun with an extended magazine and fired several shots, striking three people, about 1 a.m. Friday.
Flowers and hockey sticks stand by the patio entrance to the Lion’s Den student-run campus pub at Lambton College Sunday, in memory of Dane Nisbet, 20, of Sarnia. The former junior hockey player died in hospital after he was shot early last Friday on the pub’s patio, Sarnia police say. (Tyler Kula/The Observer)
One person fired all the shots, but Sarnia police have repeatedly declined to say how many shots were fired.
Nisbet was hit in the chest, according to his obituary. Police have declined to say where the two other men were shot.
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WHO ARE THE INJURED MEN?
Police are not identifying the two injured men.
“At this point in time, we are respecting their privacy,” Sarnia police Deputy Chief Ron Hansen said this week.
The Mooretown Flags’ general manager said all three men are former players, but wouldn’t name them. The Flags used their year-end banquet Friday, hours after the shooting, to remember Nisbet and to rally together.
Asked if the injured pair fear they’re still in danger, Hansen said this week: “We have people who are fearful just because this shouldn’t happen here. This is a cowardly act.”
Sarnia police Chief Derek Davis speaks at a news conference while standing next to a photo of shooting victim Dane Nisbet at Sarnia police headquarters Monday. Police gave an update on the shooting at a Lambton College pub on Friday that left Nisbet dead and two other men injured. (Terry Bridge/The Observer)WAS THIS A TARGETED SHOOTING?
Neither Nisbet’s group, nor Lambton College, was targeted that night, police said.
Nisbet and his friends were doing what young men are entitled to do, did nothing wrong and did nothing to contribute to what happened that night, Sarnia police Chief Derek Davis said.
“The (incident) could have occurred at any type of establishment,” he said.
The two groups didn’t know each other before the clash at the campus bar, police added.
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WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARD?
Sarnia police tactical officers and a police dog team swarmed the area, but no one was arrested at the pub.
Four people fled in a Toyota Prius, police said. One person demanded to be let out of the car and got out near the Airport Road exit from Highway 402.
The other three drove to London, where they dropped one person off at their house. The driver returned to Sarnia, dropped another off at their home, then returned to London, police said.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GUN?
The Glock 45 exchanged hands multiple times, police said.
After the shooting, it went from one person in the group to another, who later handed it off to a person who wasn’t in the car with them. It was recovered Sunday in a Point Edward motel room, about 10 minutes away from Lambton College, police said.
Investigators believe it was smuggled into Canada from the U.S.
WERE LAMBTON COLLEGE STUDENTS INVOLVED?
Nisbet was a former student in Lambton College’s fire school. He had applied to the Canadian Armed Forces, according to his former hockey general manager.
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None of the people in the London-based group are believed to be Lambton College students, police said.
It’s not clear if the two unidentified men who were shot went there.
The entrance to the Lion’s Den pub at Lambton College, April 11, 2026. (Tyler Kula/ The Observer) jpg, SO, apsmc
The bar was open to the general public as well as students that night. The event, a country-themed bar night, was run by the student administrative council, which operates the Lion’s Den.
WHAT TYPE OF SECURITY WAS IN EFFECT?
The pub had security on scene checking IDs, police said, but they didn’t know to what level people were screened as they came in. There were no metal detectors, police said.
A woman who said she was at the bar that night questioned the lack of security.
WHO ARE THE ACCUSED?
Four people faces charges in this case.
Two London men – Kyaw (Chin) Doe, 24, who’s still being sought by police, and Oudom (Richard) Bun, 23, who was in custody and to appear in court Thursday – are charged with second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder, police said.
Two Sarnia 19-year-olds, Johnathan Osborne-Walsh and Ava-Leigh Lightheart, face multiple charges including accessory after the fact to murder, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possessing a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose and possessing a prohibited firearm with ammunition, police said.
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Osborne-Walsh also is charged with carelessly storing ammunition, possessing a prohibited device, possessing a weapon obtained by crime, possessing a firearm contrary to a prohibition order, and counts of failing to comply with probation, a release order and a court order, police said.
Lightheart also is charged with obstructing police, carrying a concealed weapon, trafficking a firearm and possessing a firearm in a motor vehicle, police said.
Bun was arrested Saturday at his Stonehenge Place home and brought back to Sarnia. The Sarnia duo were arrested Sunday, one on Indian Road and the other at a motel in Point Edward.
Doe had not been arrested as of press time Wednesday.
None of the charges have been tested in court.
Oudom (Richard) Bun, 23, was arrested Saturday at his Stonehenge Place home in London and charged with second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder in the triple shooting at a Lambton College campus pub that killed Dane Nisbet, 20, and injured two other men. (Dale Carruthers/The London Free Press)WHERE IS THE WANTED MAN?
Doe, who police called armed and dangerous, has gone into hiding and has ties to other areas of Ontario, Sarnia police said.
Sarnia police are relying on law enforcement partners across the province to help find him. They also believe distinctive tattoos and markings will make it difficult for him to hide.
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Sarnia’s police chief has urged Doe to turn himself in.
Kyaw (Chin) Doe, left, and Oudom (Richard) Bun of London, Ont., are suspects in the fatal shooting at a Lambton College pub in Sarnia, Ont., on Friday, April 10, 2026. (Photos supplied by Sarnia police)HAVE ANY ACCUSED MADE BAIL?
All three suspects arrested so far were in custody and hadn’t tried to get bail as of Wednesday. They’re due to make virtual appearances at the Sarnia courthouse from jail Thursday, Friday and Monday.
People charged in Canada with murder or accessory after the fact to murder must apply for bail in the Superior Court of Justice.
WHEN IS NISBET’S FUNERAL?
Family and friends of Nisbet will be received Thursday afternoon at a Sarnia funeral home. His funeral is set for Friday morning at a Sarnia church, according to his obituary.
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