{"id":232389,"date":"2025-10-22T17:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/232389\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:20:10","slug":"amber-alert-suspect-also-sought-in-fatal-ontario-shooting-killed-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/232389\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Alert suspect also sought in fatal Ontario shooting killed by police"},"content":{"rendered":"

Niagara regional police say the suspect wanted for the fatal shooting of an Ontario woman, and linked to an Amber Alert<\/a>, has been shot and killed by police.<\/p>\n

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In an update, police said that during the early hours of Wednesday, officers found a vehicle with the suspect \u2014 38-year-old Anthony Deschepper \u2014 at a gas station near Thorold Stone and Montrose roads in Niagara Falls.<\/p>\n

The force\u2019s emergency task unit \u201cbecame involved with that vehicle\u201d and after \u201can interaction with officers,\u201d Deschepper was shot and killed by police, they said. No officers were injured.<\/p>\n

Police said due to the officer shooting, the province\u2019s Special Investigations Unit has invoked its mandate and no other details will be released by police. The SIU is an independent agency that investigates the conduct of officers when a person is killed.<\/p>\n

SIU spokesperson Kristy Denette said the suspect was shot multiple times by one officer. When asked why he was shot multiple times, Denette said that is part of their investigation. She also noted a firearm was recovered at the scene that belonged to the suspect. It is unclear if Deschepper fired at police.<\/p>\n

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Deschepper was wanted by Peel Regional Police after a woman was shot and killed in a plaza parking lot in the area of Airport Road and Queen Street East in Brampton earlier on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Hours later, an Amber Alert was issued just before 5 p.m. involving a one-year-old girl.<\/p>\n

Police told reporters the girl had been seen in the back seat of the vehicle being driven by Deschepper, but was dropped off with family members. The Amber Alert ended and police said she was \u201csafe and sound.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Another alert was put out, this time by Niagara regional police, at 6:52 p.m., for residents in the Crystal Beach area to shelter in place as it was believed Deschepper was in the area. That alert was lifted shortly after when police said evidence suggested he had left that area.<\/p>\n

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Denette said officers then found Deschepper on Wednesday at around 2:30 a.m. at Gales Gas Bar where they boxed in the vehicle he was in.<\/p>\n

Images from the scene show what appears to be a different vehicle make and model than from the Nissan reported at the time of the Amber Alert. Denette said she couldn\u2019t confirm if there was a switch between vehicles. She said there was also a woman inside the vehicle at the time of the shooting involving Niagara police and it\u2019s believed the woman was in the driver\u2019s side of the vehicle.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere was a female that was in the vehicle, and we were attempting to speak with her, but we haven\u2019t spoken with her yet,\u201d Denette said. She was not injured and there were no children inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n

SIU investigators are collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses as well as collecting surveillance video to \u201cpaint a picture of what happened,\u201d she said. She also noted Peel Regional Police and Niagara police are conducting parallel investigations into the multi-jurisdictional incident.<\/p>\n

Global News has also learned that Deschepper was wanted in 2023 for firearm-related offences after being accused of discharging a gun at a Brampton residence.<\/p>\n

A warrant was put out for his arrest and he was arrested a few weeks later by Waterloo regional police. Those charges were still before the courts with a trial date set for 2026. He was out on bail awaiting this trial.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 with files from Global News\u2019 Catherine McDonald <\/p>\n

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