On Thursday, September 4th, 2025 an 18 year old woman was found dead during a mass stabbing. Seven other people were injured at the crime scene in Hollow Water Canada which is a small indigenous community. The 26 year old suspect, Tyrone Simard, has since been identified as the victim’s brother. BBC revealed the police stated that the suspect was “well known” to the station.
He had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse and plenty of abandonment issues. He was previously told in court to stay away from his sister and three others while he was out on parole who were all victims within the stabbing. This may have led to the way acted that morning, stated CNN. According to BBC, police stated that the suspect was struck and killed in a car accident while attempting to flee the scene. The car that the suspect was driving was reported as a stolen vehicle. In the accident, he hit a policewoman trying to rush to the scene who was critically injured and rushed to the hospital. She has been reported to have non life threatening injuries.
The suspect did break into multiple different homes and stabbed certain people within each one. The first reported call to police was around 3:45am. They didn’t arrive at the scene until 30 minutes later. According to investigators, there were two reported crime scenes. The police showed up to the second crime scene first. The motive behind the attack is still unknown.
