Witness says he saw suspect surrender in Oshawa double homicide

Adam Karam-Benton was successful nan backyard of his location connected Glenforest Street successful Oshawa, Ont., connected Saturday preparing for his daughter’s day statement erstwhile he heard six to 8 gunshots.

Karam-Benton said that, shaken by nan noise, he stayed put for 3 to 4 minutes, past went retired to nan thoroughfare to study nan scene. It’s past he saw nan basement tenant from nan location adjacent doorway sitting connected nan curb.

“I went up to him and I was like, ‘Hey, bro, did you perceive that? It sounded for illustration gunshots.’ And he benignant of shook his caput and possibly astir 10 seconds later, he’s like, ‘You mightiness want to get retired of here.'”

Then, Karam-Benton said, a constabulary cruiser pulled up to his driveway.

Police had been called to nan area astir 12:30 p.m. connected Saturday, officers said, aft reports of a shooting.

At 1 location connected Glenforest Street, they recovered a 42-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. Police said they past went to a 2nd reside connected nan aforesaid street, wherever a 42-year-old female had been changeable dead.

A 30-year-old man was arrested astatine nan 2nd location “without incident” connected Saturday, constabulary said.

That apprehension is what Karam-Benton believes he saw, telling Global News his neighbour appeared to beryllium taken distant by officers.

“(I) had asked, ‘Why do you person your hands up?’ and he said: ‘It was me,'” Karam-Benton said, describing nan relationship he had connected Saturday.

“In that infinitesimal I’m connected nan telephone benignant of looking astatine him successful daze like, ‘What happened, buddy?'”

On Sunday, constabulary identified nan accused arsenic 30-year-old Mark Gordon and charged him pinch 2 counts of first-degree murder. Neither complaint has been proven successful court.

The victims were named arsenic 42-year-old Patrick Montgomery and 42-year-old Andrieana Montgomery.

Karem-Benton shared video footage pinch Global News he had recorded that appears to show his basement neighbour — whom he said he knew arsenic Mark — being put successful nan backmost of a constabulary vehicle. He said Mark had lived successful nan basement flat pinch his woman and their small boy.

Karam-Benton said astatine first he thought nan neighbour was joking erstwhile he had his hands up but later realized nan upstairs tenant, Andrieana Montgomery, had been changeable and later died. He later learned Montgomery’s ex-husband Patrick Montgomery, who was renting a location conscionable 2 blocks down Glenforest Street, was besides fatally shot.

Another witnesser who was doing manual labour astatine a location connected nan thoroughfare astir 12:30 p.m. connected Saturday said he noticed 2 men arguing adjacent nan area of Glenforest Street and Jane Avenue.

Ali Hakim said aft 10 to 20 minutes, he heard 3 shots ringing out. He said he saw nan fishy return to his ray bluish Dodge Ram motortruck earlier he went backmost and changeable nan man 7 to 8 times successful beforehand of 2 kids who were opinionated connected nan thoroughfare watching.

He said 1 of nan children was jumping astir nan thoroughfare while nan different ran into nan house.

Hakim said nan gunman past sewage into his bluish motortruck and slow drove down Glenforest Street. He past saw nan bluish motortruck propulsion into a driveway southbound of nan first shooting segment and little than a infinitesimal later, he said he heard 7 aliases 8 much shots. He said he called nan constabulary and reported nan licence sheet of nan fishy vehicle.

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Hakim said nan segment was shocking, particularly fixed that nan kids witnessed what happened.

Friends of Andrieana’s came to nan crime segment Monday to laic flowers successful beforehand of nan location wherever Durham location constabulary forensic investigators continued to cod evidence.

“Andrieana and I person been champion friends for 18 years — she was for illustration a sister to me,” Lisa Feldcamp said, choking backmost tears. “All I tin opportunity is she was nan astir beautiful soul. She would do thing for anyone and this could not person happened to personification who did not merit this. We were astir to move her into her caller location successful astir 2 weeks.”

Stephanie Des Lieres called Andrieana “an astonishing mother and friend” and said she did not want to speak astir issues she mightiness person had pinch nan basement tenant.

The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board sent Global News a missive sent location to families pinch children astatine Bowmanville High School, wherever Andrieana had been an creation coach for nan past 5 years.

“Ms. Montgomery was a move and charismatic coach whose profound power connected students and colleagues will service them profoundly for a lifetime,” wrote main David Boone, who said flags astatine nan schoolhouse will beryllium lowered to half-mast successful her honour.

The Oshawa Generals lucky squad besides issued a connection connected its website astir Andrieana and Pat, who was a left-winger for nan squad from 1999 to 2002.

“It is ever sad to perceive of an alumni’s passing. This is much difficult pinch nan tragic events surrounding nan decease of Pat Montgomery. With nan nonaccomplishment of these 2 lives, our thoughts and prayers instantly spell retired to nan remaining family members and children,” GM and vice-president Roger Hunt wrote connected behalf of nan Generals organization.

Gordon remains successful custody and will return to tribunal successful Oshawa connected July 22.