RCMP have identified the man behind a triple homicide in western Manitoba last week.
Marlon Glover, 41, killed three people at a home in McCreary before he died of a self-inflicted wound last Friday morning, RCMP said at a news conference Wednesday.
Staff Sgt. Richard Sherring of RCMP major crime services said the man forcefully entered the home of a 37-year-old woman with whom he previously had a relationship at around 1:20 a.m. on Aug. 16.
The woman managed to escape and hide in a wooded area, after which Glover went to a nearby residence, where he killed the woman’s parents — a 66-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man — and her 35-year-old brother, police said.
Glover then drove off in his own vehicle, shooting himself on the side of Road 84 W., where his body was found by RCMP later that morning.
A protection order filed by the woman was granted by a judicial justice of the peace late last year.
Sherring said that on Nov. 24, RCMP seized two firearms and ammunition from Glover, as well as his licences to possess and acquire guns.
Those items were still in police custody at the time of the killings, Sherring said.� RCMP are still investigating where the weapon Glover used came from, he said.
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RCMP will provide an update at 1 p.m. CT on their investigation into a triple homicide that shook a small community in western Manitoba.
Four people were found dead in the municipality of McCreary on Friday morning.
A 41-year-old man’s remains were found first, on Road 84 W., with what police say was a self-inflicted wound.
After finding the body, police went to do a well-being check at the home of a 37-year-old woman, who wasn’t there.
They went to another residence nearby and found three more bodies: A 66-year-old woman, a 65-year-old man and a 35-year-old man.
The woman police were initially looking for was found safe on Friday afternoon and taken to hospital as a precaution.
The deaths are being investigated as homicides.
Staff Sgt. Richard Sherring of RCMP major crime services will provide an update at Manitoba RCMP headquarters Wednesday at 1 p.m. CT. The meeting will be streamed live on the CBC News website.
McCreary is about 250 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg. Just over 700 people lived in the municipality as of 2021, that year’s census says.