Canada - Laura Grant, EMS dispatcher, shot dead at home, Burlington, Ontario, 21 Aug 2019

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Longtime EMS dispatcher, Laura Grant, shot dead at Burlington home

Halton Regional Police's first homicide victim of 2019 has been identified as longtime EMS dispatcher Laura Grant. - FACEBOOK

BURLINGTON — Halton Region's first homicide victim of 2019 has been identified as longtime EMS dispatcher Laura Grant.

A number of sources in the paramedic and policing communities identified Grant, a dispatcher at Mississauga Central Ambulance Communication Centre, which provides EMS dispatch to Peel and Halton, as the victim in the deadly shooting on Wednesday afternoon.

Police responded to the scene at 2244 No. 2 Side Road between Cedar Springs Road and Guelph Line sometime around 3 p.m.


Early reports indicate the woman was found without vital signs in the backyard of the home and was later pronounced dead on scene."


"Britton confirmed a man has been taken into custody in connection with the homicide. Police would only say they believe the accused and victim knew each other."

 

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Very sad, particularly so because of Laura's work.
Husband charged with murder of ambulance dispatcher in Burlington

Ken Soederhuysen and Laura Grant (Facebook)
Husband charged with murder of ambulance dispatcher in Burlington
"A Burlington man has been charged with the shooting death of his wife on Wednesday.

Halton Regional Police say they were called to a home at 2244 No. 2 Side Road, west of Guelph Line, around 3 p.m. for a report of a shooting. Officers found Lisa Grant, 57, with traumatic injuries. She died at the scene.

Her husband, Kenneth Soederhuysen, 57, was “quickly detained” when police arrived. He is charged with first-degree murder."