FOG BLOG CANADA LOG: 5 DEAD IN SAULT STE. MARIE FROM INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, SHOOTER, 44 , DEAD!

5 dead, including 3 children, in intimate partner violence in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

Police say 44-year-old shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound WARNING: This story contains distressing details.

Sault Ste. Marie police are investigating after a total of five people, including three children, were found dead at two homes in the northern Ontario city on Monday night.

Police said in a news release they responded to a 911 call at 10:20 p.m. and found a 41-year-old dead of a gunshot wound at the 200 block of Tancred Street.

Ten minutes later, officers responded to a second call, at a residence on Second Line East, where they found a 45-year-old who was injured by a gunshot wound.

Police found a six-year-old, seven-year-old and 12-year-old who had all been shot and killed. They also found a 44-year-old who was dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.