Details of Canada Condo Shooter Revealed as Police Probe Scene of Carnage

Details have emerged about the suspect behind the shooting at a condominium in a suburb of Toronto, Canada, which saw six people killed, including the alleged perpetrator.

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said Monday that the suspect was a 73-year-old man.

The suspect was killed by police on Sunday after the gunman stormed a condo building at 9235 Jane St. near Rutherford Road in Vaughan, Ontario. Police were called to the scene at around 7:20 p.m.

"There was an interaction between an officer and the armed man in the building. The officer fired his gun and struck the man. Paramedics were called and the man was pronounced deceased at the scene," Kristy Denette, an SIU spokesperson, told Newsweek.

"Once the officers arrived, they were met with a horrendous scene," York Regional Police Chief James MacSween said late Sunday.

He confirmed that a total of six people died—the suspect along with the five victims.

Police said that there was another person in hospital that was shot, but they are expected to survive.

Police have not identified any of the victims or the suspect, or confirmed any possible motive.

Newsweek has contacted York Regional Police and Ontario's SIU for comment.

Police sources told The Toronto Sun that the shooter was a long-time resident of the condo and had been locked in an ongoing legal feud with the board of the building.

"Four investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case. The post-mortem is scheduled for tomorrow. One subject official has been designated at this time," Denette said.

The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation, including video or photos, to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 or online at: https://siu.on.ca/en/appeals.php

Mass shootings are rare in Canada, which has stricter gun laws than the U.S.

However, there have been some significant shootings in recent years

In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a gunman who was impersonating a police officer killed at least 16 people in the eastern province of Nova Scotia during a 12-hour rampage. It was the country's worst mass shooting in recent times.

Another mass shooting rocked Toronto in July 2018, where a man, shooting at restaurants on a busy street, killed two people and wounded 13 more before turning the gun on himself.

In Quebec the previous year, a man opened fire on a mosque during evening prayers, killing six people and wounding a total of five others.