A man wanted for the shooting death of a woman in Brampton and an Amber Alert is now dead after an interaction with cops in Niagara Falls.
Niagara Regional Police say the officer-involved shooting happened at a gas station at the corner of Thorold Stone and Montrose Rds. at around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Officers located a vehicle containing Anthony Deschepper, 38, and “members of the NRPS Emergency Task Unit (ETU) became involved with that vehicle.
“Following an interaction with officers, a male was pronounced deceased at the scene.”
The Ontario Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has invoked their mandate.
No officers were injured, police said.
A provincewide manhunt had been issued for Deschepper after a shooting Tuesday just before 2 p.m.in the Airport Rd.-Queen St. area of Brampton. Peel Regional Police officers found a woman suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. She died at the scene.
The victim’s identity has not been released, however, police believe the incident is a case of intimate partner violence.
Deschepper fled the area in a black 2024 Nissan Kicks with the Quebec licence plate FRV4520 with his one-year-old daughter, Skyla-Rose Deschepper, in the back seat.
Skyla-Rose was later found to be in “good health” after an Ontario Amber Alert was issued.
Niagara Regional Police said Tuesday evening on social media that they believedDeschepper was in the Crystal Beach area of Fort Erieand asked residents near Prospect Point and Ridgeway Rd. to shelter in place.
“Lock all windows and doors and do not open doors to unknown persons,” police said in a statement.
