Nishnawbe Aski Nation leadership issued the following statement after OPP  lifted a shelter-in-place advisory for Ginoogaming First Nation on Thursday . OPP assisting the Anishinabek Police Service (APS) responded Wednesday at about 2:15 a.m., to reports of shots fired in a residential area. One person was found dead and another injured a police media release issued Thursday.  The NAN leadership statement:  THUNDER BAY, ON:  The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) leadership  have declared a public State of Emergency after a drug related shooting incident sparked a a community lock down in Ginoogaming First Nation. Tragically, and ironically, the incident comes in the midst of a forum convened by Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Nishnawbe Aski Police Services, and Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services to address the very crises that cause these situations, including gang infiltration,

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