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metronews.ca WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER 16-18, 2011
Alleged robber gets shot by police officer Shooting comes after a Gatineau police officer fired at a suspect as he allegedly drove at police outside strip club last month JESSICA SMITH/METRO
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A Gatineau police officer shot a robbery suspect who was fleeing the scene of a break-in, said a spokesperson for the Québec provincial police, which investigates officerinvolved shootings in the province. At about 12:45 a.m. Thursday, police were called to a house on
Chemin de la Savane for a break-in, when they saw a person get into a car and attempt to leave, said QPP Sgt. Ronald McInnis. Then an officer fired his gun and shot the suspect. The suspect got away in a Chrysler Intrepid that had been stolen from the Hull area, he said. “A few minutes later we received a 911 call for somebody who got injured,” said McInnis. “Police officers located
“We know an officer shot (his gun), but we don’t know if the suspect shot (a gun).” QPP SGT. RONALD MCINNIS
the person and they located the car. This person was transported to the hospital and he is in bad condition.” A police officer has a
Two of the people who died in a home on Saguenay Street in Gatineau last week were murdered, and the killer, who was a family member, shot himself to death, police said Thursday. Patrick Mongeon-Johnson, 32, shot and killed his mother, 51-year-old Lucie Johnson, and her partner, Denis Lagacé, 59, and then killed himself on the evening of Sept. 7, said police. Their bodies were found two days later, when police made the grisly discovery after getting a call from
Two suffer ammonia inhalation
A police officer guards the area at De La Cite and Carrefour boulevards, where other officers found a robbery suspect who was shot by police on Thursday.
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Cops declare murder-suicide in Gatineau
minor injury, added McInnis. No gun was found with the suspect and police are not sure if he fired one, McInnis said, as they continued to search the field where the stolen car was recovered and the area around the house where the shooting occurred. The Gatineau police called the QPP to take over the investigation at about 4 a.m., said McInnis.
Ottawa paramedics treated two men for ammonia inhalation at Scotiabank Place Thursday after the chemical leaked near the ventilation system of the building. The building was evacuated at around 12:49 p.m. and when the Ottawa Fire Services hazardous-materials team arrived, the air was assessed and sampled for ammonia. One man, 47, was trapped inside an elevator when the fire alarms were pulled.
“The deaths are a result of a family drama. The double murder-suicide theory is confirmed.” GATINEAU POLICE
someone who knew the victims. Police will not comment on reports of MongeonJohnson’s mental health, a spokesperson said. Officers recovered a handgun that is legally registered under MongeonJohnson’s name. METRO
He had extreme difficulty breathing from exposure to ammonia and suffered from airway chemical burns, paramedics said. He was treated with high-concentration oxygen. The second man, 55, had an asthma attack due to exposure to ammonia. Paramedics treated him with medication and highconcentration oxygen. Both men were listed in stable condition in hospital. Staff and visitors were allowed back inside at approximately 3:25 p.m. Ottawa police closed Frank Finnigan Way and Cyclone Taylor Boulevard. The roads were reopened at 3:50 p.m. METRO