| Date | Name | City | Province | Licensed | Victims | Deaths | Injuries | Suicide | Firearms | OIC Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Guillas | Estevan | SK | 1 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
Stabbed mother, shot cop with own weapon
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Classification: reported
Incident Summary:
On November 1, 2023, a 46-year-old woman, Karie Ann Guillas, was found injured and bleeding in an apartment in Estevan, Saskatchewan. She was taken to hospital where she died from her injuries, which were consistent with stab wounds. Her 19-year-old son, Justice Guillas, was arrested and taken to police headquarters, where he grabbed an officer's firearm and was shot by a second officer. The officer was seriously injured and both the suspect and officer were airlifted to Regina. The suspect later died.
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On November 1, 2023, a homicide occurred in Estevan, Saskatchewan, resulting in the death of Karie Ann Guillas, a 46-year-old woman. Her 19-year-old son, Justice Guillas, was arrested at the scene and later died in a Regina hospital after being shot by an Estevan Police Service (EPS) officer during an altercation at the police station. The EPS officer was also injured in the incident and was released from hospital on Friday, November 3. The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) is investigating the officer-involved shooting, while the EPS is investigating the initial homicide.
A "serious incident" occurred at a residence on the 1200 block of 6th Street in Estevan, where the Estevan Police Service (EPS) were called. The victim and suspect, later confirmed to be a mother and son, both died. The suspect was in custody when an altercation occurred between the suspect and a police officer, resulting in both being airlifted to Regina. The officer's condition is stable. The Saskatchewan's Serious Incident Response Team is investigating the incident, which includes an officer-involved shooting.
A mother and son have died in an incident that left a police officer injured.
A 46-year-old woman, Karie Ann Guillas, was found injured and bleeding in an apartment in Estevan, Sask. on Wednesday. She was taken to hospital where she died from her injuries, which were consistent with stab wounds. Her 19-year-old son, Justice Guillas, was arrested and taken to police headquarters, where he grabbed an officer's firearm and was shot by a second officer. The officer was seriously injured and both the suspect and officer were airlifted to Regina. The suspect later died.
The Estevan Police Service received a call at 6:40 a.m. on Wednesday for a medical emergency at an apartment, where they found a woman with serious upper-body injuries. The woman, Karie Ann Guillas, 46, was taken to hospital but died at 9:30 a.m. from injuries consistent with a stabbing. A suspect, identified as Justice Guillas, was arrested at the scene and taken to the Estevan police station, where an altercation occurred during processing, resulting in serious injuries to both the officer and the suspect. The officer is in stable condition, and the suspect has died from his injuries.
A 19-year-old man died in a Regina hospital after he stole a police officer's gun while in the Estevan police station, seriously injured an officer, then was shot by a second officer, according to Saskatchewan's police watchdog. The incident occurred after the man was arrested for a separate incident that killed his mother. The Estevan Police Service is investigating the mother's death, which it has labelled a homicide.