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The Canadian Press
MONTREAL — Quebec Police have announced that the gun that killed three people in the Montreal area this week was obtained illegally.
State Police spokeswoman Genevieve Gagnon says the 26-year-old Abdulla Shaikh, the 26-year-old suspected of randomly killing three men, did not have a gun license. .
But police still don't know how he got the gun, she said.
Sheikh was killed Thursday morning by Montreal police. He is suspected of murdering three of his men within about 24 hours.
The Quebec Mental Health Review Board ruled in March that he was not criminally responsible for a prank incident in November 2018. It ruled that it posed a "significant risk" to safety. However, he was able to continue living in the community.
Police say he shot two of his men, André Fernande Lemieux, 64, and Mohamed Salah Belhaj, 48, in Montreal on Tuesday night, while a third man, Alex Levy, was shot. He claims to have killed Screvier, 22, in Laval, Quebec. 24 hours later.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on August 6, 2022.
