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Man killed his partner, her father before killing himself on New Year's Eve: Halifax police

A 39-year-old man shot and killed his 40-year-old partner, Cora-Lee Smith, and her 73-year-old father, Bradford Downey, before dying by a gunshot wound, according to Halifax police.
The medical examiner's office confirmed the deaths of Smith and Downey as homicides, while the shooter's death is being investigated as a potential suicide.
This incident marks the fourth murder-suicide linked to intimate partner violence in Nova Scotia in three months, as stated by Halifax Regional Police.
In 2024, 172 women were killed by violence in Canada, according to the Canadian Femicide Observatory.

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