09-13-2006, 07:08 PM
Story Highlights
⢠Police say gunman is only death; 20 students wounded
⢠Hospital: Six victims to receive operations
⢠Student says one gunman wore trench coat, began shooting outside
⢠SWAT team inside college, at nearby mall looking for possible shooter
In Montreal, Quebec at Dawson College, a gunman was killed by police and 20 students were wounded after a Wednesday shooting at Dawson College in downtown Montreal, police said.
Initial reports indicated that as many as four people, including two gunmen, had been killed, but Yvan Delorme, chief of Montreal Police Services, said only the single gunman was killed. Police were looking for other possible suspects, he said.
Delorme would not comment on a motive, but said the shootings were not hate crimes or terror-related.
Three of the critically wounded were in operating rooms Wednesday afternoon, and three others were awaiting operations, a Montreal General Hospital spokeswoman said. Two other critically wounded victims were in the emergency room, she said.
All surgeries should be completed by Wednesday evening, she said.
The spokeswoman said at least 14 victims had been brought to area hospitals. Eleven patients were transported to Montreal General and four or five more had been taken to two other area hospitals to ease the burden on Montreal General, she said.
Among the wounds being treated were gunshots to the head, abdomen, chest, arms and legs, she said.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/0...index.html
⢠Police say gunman is only death; 20 students wounded
⢠Hospital: Six victims to receive operations
⢠Student says one gunman wore trench coat, began shooting outside
⢠SWAT team inside college, at nearby mall looking for possible shooter
In Montreal, Quebec at Dawson College, a gunman was killed by police and 20 students were wounded after a Wednesday shooting at Dawson College in downtown Montreal, police said.
Initial reports indicated that as many as four people, including two gunmen, had been killed, but Yvan Delorme, chief of Montreal Police Services, said only the single gunman was killed. Police were looking for other possible suspects, he said.
Delorme would not comment on a motive, but said the shootings were not hate crimes or terror-related.
Three of the critically wounded were in operating rooms Wednesday afternoon, and three others were awaiting operations, a Montreal General Hospital spokeswoman said. Two other critically wounded victims were in the emergency room, she said.
All surgeries should be completed by Wednesday evening, she said.
The spokeswoman said at least 14 victims had been brought to area hospitals. Eleven patients were transported to Montreal General and four or five more had been taken to two other area hospitals to ease the burden on Montreal General, she said.
Among the wounds being treated were gunshots to the head, abdomen, chest, arms and legs, she said.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/0...index.html