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Ottawa police are investigating the deaths of six people including four children and two adults found in a home in the city’s Barrhaven area.
A fifth person is in hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
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Police were called to the home in the city’s south end around 11 p.m. Wednesday night.
A suspect was arrested very soon after that and police said there is no ongoing threat to public safety.
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Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs told local radio stations that police do not believe the deaths were the result of domestic or intimate partner violence.
However, he said they’re also still trying to determine the relationship between the suspect and the victims.
Stubbs said it is a “very tragic scene.”
Identities of the deceased have not been confirmed, while the age and identity of the person in hospital has also not been confirmed.
Police said investigative teams remain at the site and asked anyone with information to contact the homicide unit.
Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe called the news distressing for all of the city’s residents.
“I was devastated to learn of the multiple homicide in Barrhaven, one of the most shocking incidents of violence in our city’s history,” Sutcliffe said in a post on X.
Police said a media update would be provided later Thursday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 7, 2024.
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