A former high school classmate of Isaac and Matthew Ochterlony, the suspected shooters in last week’s armed robbery in Saanich, says she was shocked to hear the twin brothers were involved.
BC RCMP on Saturday named the 22-year-old Duncan brothers as the two deceased shooters in Tuesday’s deadly incident.
CHEK News spoke with a former classmate of the twin brothers on condition of anonymity. The woman says she had classes with the brothers and was in their senior year. She described the two as “very shy.”
“They tended to just keep to themselves and not mingle as much. I think in the later years of high school they branched out a bit more and found a few friendships,” the woman said.
The woman was nearby when events unfolded on Tuesday and felt shocked after learning the Ochterlony brothers were responsible.
“It felt like very, quite literally, close to home because what are the chances that this would happen so close to my home and then I actually know the people,” the woman said.
She tells CHEK News that she wasn’t close with the two and that the brothers mostly kept to themselves, adding that she didn’t keep in touch with them after graduation.
The woman tells CHEK News that although the brothers were twins, they are triplets and were survived by their sister.
After learning about the shooting, the former classmate began tracing her high school experiences with them.
“When I thought about it in retrospect, it was a little more unsurprising. Just because they kind of, almost had the mannerisms, you know, the stereotypical US shooter,” the former classmate said.
A YouTube video was sent to CHEK News showing one of the brother’s Instagram pages before it was taken down. In the video, Isaac’s page shows footage of the two firing guns into fields, anti-government messages and messages against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
BC RCMP say there is no evidence to suggest the two were part of any criminal or extremist organizations, but they are continuing to investigate the possibility.
The police are also looking for the reasons for the incident.
Six police officers were injured, three of whom remain in hospital. Authorities say two of the officers who remain in hospital are from Saanich police and the third is from Victoria police.
Police said the brothers were not known to them and had no criminal record.
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