5 dead, including 3 kids, after shootings in Sault Ste. Marie, police say

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Sault Ste. Marie say five people — including three children and the accused — are dead after shootings at two homes in what they are calling a case of intimate partner violence.Police say the deaths are the result of intimate partner violence and say the loved ones of those who died are facing unimaginable grief.Sault Ste.

Marie police said the shootings that took place Monday night had left the community in deep mourning.“The grief the families, friends, and loved ones of the victims are facing is unimaginable. Our hearts go out to them,” Chief Hugh Stevenson wrote in a statement.“As our community grieves this tragedy, I urge everyone to please watch out for each other.”Police said the shootings were not random acts of violence and there was no ongoing risk to public safety.

They also said they would not be releasing the names of the victims or the accused because it was an intimate partner violence case.Police were alerted to the shootings late Monday night, they said.The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service says officers first discovered the body of a 41-year-old around 10:20 p.m.

Monday after someone called to report a break and enter at a home.They say the shooter appeared to have fled and about 10 minutes later, police received another call for someone with a weapon at a home about three kilometres north of the previous residence.Police say they found three children — aged six, seven and 12 — dead in that second home and a 45-year-old who was injured with a gunshot wound.They say officers also found the 44-year-old shooter, who appeared to have died after a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Police spokesman Lincoln Louttit said investigators learned about the shooter through the witnesses who came forward.Sault Ste. Marie