Halifax police say the 39-year-old man who allegedly killed a woman and her father on New Year’s Eve was a fugitive wanted in a 2019 Toronto nightclub shooting.
Investigators say Matthew Costain died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound a few hours after he shot and killed 40-year-old Cora-Lee Smith and her 73-year-old father, Bradford Downey, in downtown Halifax on Dec. 31.
Police say Costain was in a relationship with Smith, and that the deaths involve a case of intimate partner violence.
Toronto police issued a warrant for Costain’s arrest on Sept. 6, 2019, alleging he was involved in a nightclub shooting a month earlier that injured four people.
The original warrant said Costain was wanted for illegal possession of a restricted firearm, aggravated assault and breach of probation.
Rev. Jivaro Smith, the pastor to the grieving families of the Halifax victims, says a time of counselling, prayer and healing …