Police say the suspect in a triple shooting in Chilliwack, B.C., last week that left two women dead has been located dead.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said Monday it had located Eric Shestalo, 50, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the Bridal Falls area.
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Investigators had been searching for Shestalo since officers received reports of a shooting at a home in the 9700 block of McNaught Avenue in Chilliwack Wednesday morning.
Police arrived to find one woman dead and another woman with injuries that later proved fatal. A third person suffered non-life threatening injuries.
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Investigators tracked Shestalo’s vehicle, a red 1990 Jeep YJ, to Bridal Falls on Saturday and were seen searching a wooded area near the entrance to Bridal Falls Provincial Park.
The IHIT said Monday it believes Shestalo had personal connections to the two homicide victims and believes the shootings were isolated without a broader risk to the public.
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