(translated from Journal de Québec, more information has been discovered about Carl Girouard and the night, some political tension issued from it)
Carl Girouard was seen as a solitary and strange boy. As a student in L'École Secondaire des Patriotes (Patriots' Secondary School) in Saint-Eustache, he would ask his classmates to call him ''warrior''. It was a running gag at his school by this point, but no one saw harm in it and continued as Carl liked it. He would make combat movements when he would hear the nickname, says a classmate. Carl also made a project in art class, called ''Warrior Bedroom''.
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He was never seen as mean, only as a special and nice boy who was sometimes aggressive. He was followed throughout highschool by a social worker but he still seem to have slipped through the cracks. After highschool, noone heard about Carl since he was absent from social media. His neighbors described him as a night owl, always had his curtains closed and was very calm. 5 years before the assault, he confessed he had a desire to kill people to his primary doctor. The doctor never called to make a claim that Carl might be a danger to society. How he was dressed and his motive reminded officers of someone in a heavy psychotic episode. Because of his age, it could have been his first psychotic episode.
The night of the murders
Carl Girouard, originally from Saint-Thérèse, drove almost 3 hours to Québec City. When he arrived to the capital is unknown. At 22:15, Carl immobilized his car in front of the Frontenac Castle, leaving his engine running, and ran through La Place d'Armes (park) picking his first victim. He stabbed François Duchesne, who died to the wounds. He then locates the Dufferin terrace and attacks a young woman and man on the way up the Frontenac stairs, leading to the Dufferin terrace. At 22:20, two citizens came to help the two victims and called the police. This is a picture taken minutes after the aggression.
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Carl would have gone back on his trail to slide into the DeBuade street, stabbed a victim, who had minor wounds. He continues walking towards the City Hall and took the Saint-Jean street. He also took the Rempart street and Saint-Famille street. He kills his last victim, Suzanne Clermont, 61, before continuing his trail the long of the battlements. At 22:30, citizens tries to care for Suzanne. The man is still on the run.
The manhunt
After killing his last victim, the police was already deployed throughout Old Québec, looking for a man in a medieval suite. It's only at 23:57 that they announce the event and recommend for people of old Québec to stay inside. City bus drivers weren't warned about the active samurai. The national alert system Québec En Alerte wasn't used for this case as the police said ''it wasn't something to try during a police investigation''. Confusion aroused on social media as a man cosplaying Samara from the Ring, was also running around Quebec City with a metal bar. They finally had no connection to each other. The police caught Carl after 2 hours and a half of running around.
I will post another post about his arrests and victims later as it is getting late where I am but it is a rough translation in my words. Here's the sources;
Nuit d’horreur à Québec: tout ce que vous devez savoir
