2 children found dead inside home in Montreal's east end

Montreal police arrived to a violent scene in the east end on Tuesday night as the bodies of two children and their father were found inside a Hochelaga-Maisonneuve home, just after 9 pm.

A spokesperson for the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) stated they received a 911 call from the children’s mother who found all three bodies inside a house on Curatteau Street and Pierre-de Coubertin Avenue.

SPVM investigators say they believe the man killed his two children before taking his own life.

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SPVM spokesperson Constable Manuel Couture says there were “signs of violence” on both children, a boy aged 7 and a girl aged 5 and confirmed that the man, 40, was their father.

Officials have opened up an investigation to determine the reasoning behind the deaths.