MONTREAL — The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) says the weapon used to kill three people in the Montreal area this week was acquired illegally.
SQ spokeswoman Geneviève Gagnon said Abdulla Shaikh, 26, who was suspected of killing three men at random in the space of 24 hours, did not have a firearms license.
She added that the police still do not know how he obtained a weapon.
Mr. Shaikh was shot dead by Montreal police on Thursday morning.
Quebec’s mental disorder review board had ruled in March that Mr. Shaikh, who was under the supervision of a psychiatric hospital after being found not criminally responsible in a mischief case in November 2018, posed a “significant risk for public safety, but allowed him to continue living in the community.
Police allege he shot two men, André Fernand Lemieux, 64, and Mohamed Salah Belhaj, 48, on Tuesday night in Montreal and killed a third, Alex Lévis Crevier, 22, in Laval, about 24 hours later .
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