Saturday, September 12, 2009
No Names Released In Canadian Murder/Suicide
"Orangeville, ON, Canada - An overnight domestic dispute north of Toronto has left a woman and her estranged husband dead, police say.
"Around midnight Friday, police drove to a home in Orangeville after a call that a couple was fighting inside.
"The responding police officers left the home, but returned a short time later after a gunshot was reported.
"Once entering the home, police found a woman inside with a serious gunshot wound.
"The woman, reportedly in her late 30s, was taken to a local hospital, but had to be airlifted to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, where she died.
"Later, officers went to the ex-husband's nearby home in Mono, which is about 13 kilometres north of Orangeville.
"Police say that members of the Emergency Response Team and other tactical units were also on the scene, where there was a reported standoff.
"According to some reports, the standoff lasted for more than two hours, but police later entered the home to find the man dead. No names have been released."
From CTV.ca...
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The victim was Heidi Ferguson, 39. Her husband Hugh attacked her, returned after police had left, shot her, returned to his own home, had a standoff with police, and shot himself. They had been "estranged" for over a year; neighbours and police knew of no history of violence.
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