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2 Men Killed In Eastern Ont., Shooting; Woman Recovering In Hospital

The Canadian Press, 12 Feb, 2016 12:31 PM
    ALMONTE, Ont. — A woman is recovering in hospital after being shot in an incident that left her 65-year-old father, a councillor in a small eastern Ontario town, and a 33-year-old  man dead.
     
    Sarah Cameron was taken to hospital with what police described as life-threatening injuries on Thursday morning after a shooting at her father's home in Almonte, Ont., about 50 kilometres west of Ottawa.
     
    Ontario Provincial Police were releasing few details of the incident but say officers responding to a 911 call at 7:30 Thursday morning found a 65-year-old man's body and two people in life-threatening condition following a "serious incident."
     
    Police say a 28-year-old woman was taken to hospital with serious life-threatening injuries, where she remains in stable condition.
     
    And they say a 33-year-old man — also taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries — later died of his injuries.
     
    Police say the investigation is ongoing.
     
     
    "It is with profound sorrow and shock that I confirm that my colleague and friend, Coun. Bernard Cameron, died today in a violent incident, an incident that also gravely injured his daughter," Shaun McLaughlin, the mayor of Mississippi Mills, Ont., said Thursday in a statement.
     
    Carolyn Della Foresta is the administrator of the longterm-care facility where Sarah Cameron works in Almonte.
     
    "We have heard that she is alert and that she's not in critical condition," Della Foresta said Thursday.
     
    She said Cameron, the mother of two young children, worked as a personal support worker at the Almonte Country Haven facility.
     
    "We've already started a collection for her in the home; we want to be able to support Sarah through her recovery," Della Foresta said.
     
    McLaughlin said Bernard Cameron has been a popular figure in Almonte for decades and, as a former high school teacher, "he was known to generations of students."
     
    "This tragedy hits us all. We still live in a small town. Bernard is part of our extended family," McLaughlin said.
     
    "As a volunteer, he added value and experience to many community organizations," McLaughlin noted. "He will be sorely missed."

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