A former city worker has pleaded guilty to shooting four people to death in Penticton, B.C., last year, saying he "snapped" and shot the victims over a neighbourhood dispute involving his estranged wife. John Brittain, 69, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder in B.C. An agreed statement of facts read to the court said that Brittain shot Winter first, just after 10:30 a.m. local time. All of the victims killed on April 15, 2019, lived on the same block, as did John Brittain's estranged wife. Brittain and his estranged wife were not living together at the time of the shootings, but Brittain told officers he committed the murders to settle a dispute between the victims and his wife.

Source: CBC News October 14, 2020 19:22 UTC