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A 73-year old man who had a long-running dispute with his condo board in a suburb above Toronto killed five people, including three board members, after he claimed in court and on social media that the building’s electrical room was making him sick.
Chief James MacSween of the York Regional Police identified the suspect in Sunday night’s attack in Vaughan, Ontario, as Francesco Villi. He said at a news conference Monday that Villi fatally shot three men and two women and wounded a 66-year-old woman, who is hospitalized and expected to survive.
“Three victims were members of the condominium board,” he said.
Police said officers were called to an active shooting at the building at around 7:20 p.m. Sunday, and that an officer fatally shot Villi inside the building, where Villi and the victims lived.
Villi long claimed vibrations and emissions from the building’s electrical room were making him sick, and that board members and the building’s developer were to blame, court documents show.
MacSween said police are still investigating the motive for the attack, which occurred at three separate units in the building.
Special Investigation Unit spokesperson Kristy Denette said police found the victims on different floors. She said Villi had a semiautomatic handgun and that investigators don’t believe he exchanged fire with the officer who killed him.
On Sunday and in the days leading up to the attack, Villi posted rambling videos on Facebook in which he talked about having a legal dispute with the condo board.
In the videos, he claimed to have health problems caused by the building’s electrical room.
