UPGRADED: OPP examining double murder in Pembroke

The Upper Ottawa Valley detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police is examining a double murder that happened in Pembroke early Monday early morning.

Officers were contacted us to a home on Mackay Street quickly prior to 3 a.m., cops stated in a press release.

2 individuals with dangerous injuries were transferred to medical facility. A single person was later on noticable dead, while the other stayed in medical facility with lethal injuries since early Monday night.

A 3rd individual lay dead not far from the preliminary scene, cops stated, and detectives think the victims were targeted.

The OPP did not supply information on whether cops had actually recognized a suspect or jailed anybody associated to the event since early Monday night.

Cops asked the general public to be conscious of their security and to report any suspicious activity in the location. Cops mentioned that location citizens might anticipate to see a big ongoing authorities existence.

Gloria Grattan, who lives 2 doors below where the murders occurred, stated she got up at about 2:30 a.m. or 3 a.m. in the early morning to her canine, Bella, “barking like insane.”

“The pet was actually disturbed so then I got up and I watched out the window and I might see all these cruisers entering into the car park,” Grattan stated. “I wasn’t anticipating a murder.”

Grattan stated it’s “frightening” to understand that something like this might take place in her apartment, however noted it hasn’t been someplace she has actually felt safe.

She stated her neighbours are all “in shock.”

“We can’t think that this taken place,” Grattan stated.

The murders happened 3 days after a guy was shot to death in Renfrew as part of what authorities have actually called a targeted attack. Authorities have actually not stated anything that would connect the occurrences in Pembroke and Renfrew together.

“The examination remains in its early phases and more details will be launched when offered,” authorities stated about the Monday occurrence.

Anybody with info that may help assist the examination was asked to call the Upper Ottawa Valley OPP at 1-888-310-1122 (or 911 in an emergency situation) or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.