The double shooting in a car on a residential street that shocked
aneighbourhood in Port Coquitlam, B.C., appears to be a case of domestic
violence, the RCMP said Friday afternoon.
Police said they believeParmajit Singh Ghuman, 40, of Port Coquitlam
shot his estranged wife while she was driving on Thursday afternoon and
then turned the gun on himself.
Both were critically wounded. Ghuman died a short time later, while
Gurjeet Kaur Ghuman, also of Port Coquitlam, remains in critical
condition.
A school bus driver who discovered the couple in the black Acura in
the middle of Prairie Avenue near Cedar Road told CBC News he's still
shocked by what he saw.
Ralph Hoyme parked the bus behind the car, told his four young passengers to stay calm and then rushed out to try to help.
"So I got out of the bus to see if I could be of any assistance and
the female victim was in pretty bad shape, gurgling in her own blood."
Bev Bucchiotti, who lives in the neighbourhood, said she was sitting
in her car outside a convenience store, heard the shots and saw the car
swerve and come to a stop.
"Oh, it's very scary.My daughter and her friend who were in the store when it happened were just hysterical, cryin
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