5 dead, including 3 children in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., shooting rampage
CTV
WARNING: This article contains details about a fatal intimate partner violence case in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and may upset some readers.
WARNING: This article contains details about a fatal intimate partner violence case and may upset some readers.
Five people in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., are dead -- including three children -- and one person is in hospital with gunshot wounds after intimate partner violence escalated into a shooting rampage at two homes, police say.
It started with a 911 call about someone breaking into a home in the 200 block of Tancred Street around 10:20 p.m. Monday, Sault Ste. Marie Police said in a news release.
Officers found a 41-year-old person deceased with a gunshot wound at the residence and the shooter fled prior to their arrival.
About 10 minutes later, another 911 call came in about someone with a gun at a home in the 200 block of Second Line East, about three kilometres away.
When officers arrived, they found a 45-year-old with a gunshot wound and sent them to hospital. No word on their condition.
Inside the home, officers found three children -- ages six, seven and 12 -- fatally shot along with the 44-year-old shooter, who was found deceased with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
