Police officer killed in Canada aboriginal community
The 17-year-old shooter went on a rampage at the local high school, killing two teachers.
MONTREAL (AFP) - A police officer was killed while responding to a domestic dispute in the Canadian province of Quebec by a suspected gunman who likely committed suicide, authorities said Sunday.
The incident happened in the aboriginal community of Lac Simon in the west of the largely French-speaking province.
Two officers were responding to a call about a dispute at a home late Saturday, when one of them was fatally wounded by at least one shot fired in their direction, Sergeant Benoit Coutu of Quebec s provincial police told AFP.
The suspected shooter was later found dead in the home, after "in all likelihood turning the gun on himself," Coutu said.
Last month, a shooting in the small aboriginal community of La Loche in the western province of Saskatchewan left four people dead.
The 17-year-old shooter went on a rampage at the local high school, killing two teachers. Two teenage brothers were also killed at their nearby home.
