Firearm Used to Kill Three People in Montreal Was Illegally Acquired Police Say

Firearm Used to Kill Three People in Montreal Was Illegally Acquired Police Say
A police cruiser is seen at a crime scene in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Pascal Marchand
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Quebec police say the gun used to kill three people in the Montreal area this week was acquired illegally.

Provincial police spokeswoman Geneviève Gagnon says 26-year-old Abdulla Shaikh, who is suspected of killing the three men at random, did not have a firearms license.