Young Canadian couple preparing for their wedding shot dead on front lawn ... trends now
A Canadian couple who were engaged to be married, shot dead by their landlord on the front lawn of their home, have been pictured for the first time.
Police found dead 27-year-old Carissa MacDonald, who worked as an educational assistant at a local Catholic school, and her 28-year-old electrician fiancé, Aaron Stone.
They pair had been running away from the house when they were shot to death following an argument with their landlord.
The couple pair rented the basement of a home belonging to 57-year-old Terry Gerald Brekka, who lived upstairs from them.
The couple got into a dispute with Brekka, stemming from a 'disagreement surrounding issues within the house,' said Det. Sgt. Steve Bereziuk, of Hamilton Police's Major Crime Unit.
Carissa MacDonald, 27, who worked as an educational assistant at a local Catholic school, and her electrician fiancé, Aaron Stone, 28, were both shot dead
Police were called to the Stoney Creek district of Hamilton, Ontario, at 5:40pm Saturday after the pair were dead on the lawn in front of the house
Evidence markers are seen on the ground at the scene of a homicide investigation which saw a couple shot to death
The engaged couple lived in the basement of this house in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario
A police officer takes photographs at the scene of a homicide investigation in the area of Jones Road and Barton Street in Hamilton, Ontario
Authorities were called to the house in the Stoney Creek district of Hamilton, Ontario, at 5:40pm on Saturday, amid reports of gunfire.
The suspect then barricading himself in before being killed in a shootout with police.
'(They were) both hardworking people, adding to the tragedy of this event,' he said.
Neither the couple nor Brekka was known to police, Bereziuk confirmed, which makes what happened 'a little bit more shocking.'
Bereziuk added the murder of the young couple was deeply shocking.
'As you can well imagine these are not people that this should happen to,' he said.
'They're not involved in any level of criminality or lifestyle that may lead to an incident like this. They're truly innocent.'
Hamilton police say the dispute between the landlord and couple it thought to have been related to a complaint about mould in their rental unit.
The couple are pictured at their home at the rear of the property
The couple had been running from their landlord Terry Brekka, 57, who had argued with the couple about mould in the basement where they lived
Aaron Stone was an apprentice electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, while Carissa MacDonald worked at the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board for the past three-and-a-half years and was a Mohawk College graduate
After shooting the couple, Brekka barricaded himself inside the home, with weapons that he legally held.
Bereziuk said the police spent 'considerable time' trying to negotiate
