Rude Awakening

"MONTREAL, QC - A 20-year-old man woke up to gun shots Saturday about 5 a.m. and discovered his parents dead with a hunting rifle lying by their sides in their home on Locas St. in St. Constant, just south of Montreal. Cécile Leduc, 51, and Marc Massey, 48, were declared dead on the scene.

"Roussillon police Saturday night were not able to conclude whether the deaths were a murder-suicide. Neighbours say the family was quiet, and didn’t have a history of problems with the police. The couple’s eldest son died in a car accident in 2002.

"Leduc was an employee of the French-language television network TVA for about 30 years. She was an assistant in the production of the shows Le Banquier and Salut Bonjour."

Source: The Gazette...

One Dead, One Hurt In Quebec

"Gatineau, QC, Canada - A man is dead and a woman recovering in hospital after an attempted-murder and suicide in Gatineau early Sunday.

"A 43-year-old man attacked a 47-year-old woman with a knife at 40 Rue de Gentilly at about 4:40 a.m., said Const. Isabelle Poirier of Gatineau police. He then turned the knife on himself, she said.

"The woman suffered very serious wounds but was reported out of danger later in the morning, Poirier said. The man was declared dead in hospital at 5:45 a.m., she said. Neither person’s name has been released.

"While police are treating the case as an incident of domestic violence, Poirier said they do not yet know the nature of their relationship, or if both lived at the home."

From the Ottawa Citizen...

Police Escort Fails To Prevent Murder/Suicide

"Montreal, Quebec - Montreal police are investigating the SQ's [police] actions during a murder-suicide that happened as provincial police officers were answering a call in the Lanaudiere region on Tuesday evening.

"A man and a woman in their 60's died in the domestic dispute in St-Jean-de-Matha.

"The woman had returned home with a Surete du Quebec escort in order to collect her belongings.

"When the officer stepped outside the home, the woman's husband stabbed her to death before turning the weapon on himself.

"The couple had separated and the woman was seeing another man.

"A witness on the scene was not injured.

"Under provincial law, an outside police force investigates whenever someone is injured or dies during a police operation."

From montreal.ctv.ca...