Police in Sault Ste. Marie say five people -- including three children -- have died following shootings in two homes, the result of intimate partner violence.
Police from the northern Ontario city say they first discovered the body of a 41-year-old on Monday after someone reported a break-and-enter at a home.
Officers say 10 minutes later they received a second call for someone with a weapon at a home -- when they arrived they found three children ages six, seven and 12 dead and a 45-year-old injured with a gunshot wound.
Police say they also found the 44-year-old shooter, who appeared to have died after a self-inflicted gunshot wound.