Gatineau police responded to a major incident Friday morning at a Montessori daycare located at 225 and 229 Gamelin St., where a shooting occurred, leaving two men dead.
After the shooting, children were evacuated to a neighbour’s home, where paramedics provided food and shelter until parents arrived, Gatineau police said to the CBC.
Gatineau policechief Mario Harel spoke at a press conference at 2 p.m. and said that the gunman was dead at the scene when police arrived, and a second man was injured and taken to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
According to Harel, the incident may be related to a separation, but said that “the investigation will confirm it”.
Police say all children from the daycare are unharmed and were reunited with their parents within hours of the incident.