Woman fatally shot in Brampton identified; suspect is now dead
A woman who was fatally shot in a parking lot in Brampton, Ont., on Tuesday has been identified by her family as Savannah Kulla, aged 29. Meanwhile, the suspect in the murder, Anthony Deschepper, died early Wednesday after an interaction with police officers at a gas station in Niagara Falls.
The situation began Tuesday at shortly before 2 p.m. when Peel Police responded to reports of a shooting in a plaza parking lot in the area of Airport Road and Queen Street in Brampton. Officers located a female victim suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The suspect, 38-year-old Anthony Deschepper, was believed to have fled the area. His one-year-old daughter was believed to be in the back seat of his vehicle, and an Amber Alert was sent out at about 5 p.m., but she was later located by police in good health.
Deschepper was described as a white male, 5’9” tall, 175 lbs, with a thin build, short brown hair, hazel eyes, and clean shaven.
Media reports from CTV News and others are that relatives have confirmed that Kulla was a mother of four young children: three boys and a one-year-old girl.
Then on Wednesday, Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) said they were on the scene of an officer-involved shooting in Niagara Falls, Ont.
NRPS and Peel Police had been searching for the murder suspect on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning. At about 2:30 a.m., they located a vehicle containing the suspect at a gas station near Thorold Stone Road and Montrose Road in Niagara Falls.
Following an interaction with officers, a male was pronounced deceased at the scene. He was confirmed as Deschepper. No officers were injured in this incident.
Due to the officer-involved shooting, the Ontario Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has invoked their mandate, and no further information can be provided with regards to the circumstances around the shooting.
CTV reports that bouquets of flowers have begun to accumulate near the scene of Kulla’s death. Peel police have described the incident as an intimate partner-related homicide.
Deschepper was also involved in a 2023 incident in which a man fired a gun in Brampton. No injuries were reported in the shooting but police said the suspect fled the scene before officers arrived. He was arrested several weeks later.
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