Canadian lawyer and notary are shot and killed; alleged shooter is found dead along with his sons
Police believe a Canadian businessman shot and killed his lawyer and a pregnant notary on Thursday before killing his two sons and himself the next day.
The businessman, 52-year-old Michel Dubuc of Boucherville, was found dead on Friday along with his two sons, ages 21 and 19, in their suburban Montreal home as a fire was beginning to burn in the master bedroom, report CBC News in stories here and here, the Globe and Mail and the StarPhoenix.
Police believe Dubuc shot his lawyer, Benoit Cote, at his Terrebonne law office along with a notary, Marie-Josée Sills, 30, who rented office space there. Both were hospitalized and later died.
Dubuc had filed a $1.2 million suit against Cote and two others that alleged Cote persuaded Dubuc to loan $500,000 to another client of Cote’s to buy a bar, but the money was not repaid in 2011 as called for in the agreement. The bar closed in 2013.
Dubuc’s two sons lived with their mother, who called police because she was worried about the safety of her loved ones. A friend of the ex-wife said Sunday was the anniversary of her new marriage as well as her 51st birthday.
