In wake of intimate partner violence killings, victim's dad and Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., community share grief
CBC
WARNING: This story contains details of intimate partner violence.
One of the victims of a murder-suicide in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., that left five people, including three children, dead is being remembered as a generous person who loved life.
Family have identified the 44-year-old gunman in the shootings at two different homes Monday night as Bobbie Hallaert.
Police have called the killings a case of intimate partner violence, but haven't given details of the victims or the shooter.
The 41-year-old woman killed at the first home has been identified by the family as Angie Sweeney.
Her father, Brian Sweeney, wrote several posts on Facebook expressing his grief and mourning the loss of his "baby girl."
"I will forever keep you in what is left of this MANs Heart," his post says.
In another post, he asked friends to share photographs of his daughter. "She LOVED LIFE and knew how to LIVE it," he wrote.
According to documents obtained by The Canadian Press, Hallaert was charged with assault of a police officer in 2019. Police also said the gunman was involved in intimate partner investigations in the past.
In an interview with CP, Hallaert's uncle, Dirk Hallert, said the family is struggling to understand what happened on Monday night.
"It's just tragic. I hope he rots in hell," Dirk said.
Sweeney's neighbours told CBC News they had observed police at the home over the weekend. Police confirmed Wednesday they had been called to one of the residences for a domestic violence-related call.
One neighbour who did not want to be identified, because she was traumatized by the shootings and didn't feel safe to share her name, recalled an incident in September in which she overhead Hallaert berate two children who sometimes lived in the home with what she described as vile language.
She noted they appeared to be terrified of him. She said he was watching them from a remote location using a camera installed in the house and was furious because they were outside when he told them to stay in the house.
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