Two people have been murdered in two separate incidents in the Kawarthas over the weekend, in Trent Hills and in Kawartha Lakes, according to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
On Saturday (August 18) at around 4:15 a.m., officers from the Northumberland Detachment of the OPP responded to a reported shooting at an address on Church Street between Trent River Road and Daley Road, north of Campbellford in the municipality of Trent Hills.
Officers arrived on scene to find 43-year-old Scott MacDonald suffering from obvious trauma from a gunshot wound. He was transported to a local area hospital where he later died.
According to witnesses, two suspects were observed departing from the scene.
The homicide is being investigated by members of the OPP Northumberland Major Crime Unit, OPP Central Region Forensic Identification Unit, OPP Emergency Response Team, and the OPP Canine Unit, under the direction of Detective Inspector Gerald Scherer of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch.
Police do not believe there is any threat to public safety as a result of this incident. They are asking anyone with information regarding this crime to contact the Northumberland OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
In the other weekend incident, on Sunday (August 19) at around 9:25 a.m., officers from the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the OPP responded to an apparent murder-suicide at an address on Spen Haven Road in the City of Kawartha Lakes.
Officers arrived at the residence to find a 51-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man dead at the scene. A preliminary investigation has concluded the woman’s death is a homicide.
The incident is being investigated by members of the OPP City of Kawartha Lakes Major Crime Unit, OPP Central Region Forensic Identification Unit, under the direction of Detective Inspector Matt Watson of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch.
The names of the two deceased people are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Police advised there is no threat to public safety as a result of this incident, and are asking anyone with information regarding this crime to contact the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or 705-324-6741.
