Three children among dead in Ontario shooting
Five people, including three children and a suspected killer, died on Monday night in shootings described as a result of intimate partner violence in the Canadian city of Sault St Marie, police said on Tuesday. The shootings happened at two nearby homes in Sault St Marie, Ontario at around 10.30pm on Monday and resulted in the death of a six-year-old, a seven-year-old, a 12-year-old and a 41-year-old, police said. The suspected shooter, a 44-year-old, was also found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, city police said in a statement. One other person taken to hospital with a gunshot injury. The shootings were not random acts of violence and there no longer was any risk to public safety, police added. (Reuters)