Four children and two adults are among the six people who were killed late on Wednesday night inside a home in the Barrhaven neighborhood of Ottawa, according to police and sources.
About 10:50 p.m., Ottawa police officers and paramedics responded to 911 calls leading them to a residence on the 300 block of Berrigan Drive, a residential street off Strandherd Drive, near an elementary school and a high school.
Six bodies were discovered inside by emergency personnel. Their identities are still pending confirmation while police are attempting to ascertain the victim-suspect link. An arrest was made on the spot for one individual.
Police also said that one individual had been transported to an Ottawa hospital with significant injuries that were not life-threatening.
“This is a tragic and complex investigation, and investigative teams remain on Berrigan Drive,” police said, adding that there is no ongoing risk to public safety.
Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs told Newstalk 580 CFRA’s The Morning Rush with Bill Carroll that detectives do not believe the killing was the result of domestic abuse or intimate partner violence even as police are attempting to ascertain the victim-suspect link. “The manner of the homicide, we are not disclosing at this time,” the chief said.
