{
  "id": 16199052,
  "title": "Police investigating double murder in Quebec’s Bas-St-Laurent region",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/police-investigating-double-murder-in-quebecs-bas-st-laurent-region",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T15:15:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/uncategorized/2026/10/23/police-investigating-double-murder-in-quebecs-bas-st-laurent-region"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Quebec provincial police are investigating a double murder that occurred Thursday evening in the parking lot of a restaurant in Rivière-du-Loup, located in Quebec’s Bas-St-Laurent region. Two women were shot and killed after witnesses reported hearing what they believed to be gunshots around 10:45 p.m. Responding officers found the victims seriously injured inside a vehicle. One of the women died at the scene, while the other succumbed to her injuries shortly thereafter in a hospital. No arrests have been made as of Friday morning. The newly-appointed Domestic Security Minister, Guy Jr. Lapointe, expressed condolences to the victims' families and vowed to combat violence, emphasizing the impact on public security with each tragedy.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Two women murdered in Rivière-du-Loup parking lot on Thursday evening",
    "Victims shot and killed after hearing gunshots around 10:45 p.m.",
    "No arrests made as of Friday morning"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The fatal shooting in Rivière-du-Loup underscores the immediate challenges facing the newly-appointed Domestic Security Minister as he attempts to address rising concerns regarding public safety and violent crime.",
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/16199052.png",
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Police investigating murder of a foreign national in Durban",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/police-investigating-murder-of-a-foreign-national-in-durban",
        "published": "2026-10-22T12:25:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Police investigating double murder in Quebec’s Bas-St-Laurent region",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/police-investigating-double-murder-in-quebecs-bas-st-laurent-region-16211629",
        "published": "2026-10-23T17:37:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}