Members of the Kirkland Lake detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a report of a seriously injured person resulting from the discharge of a hunting rifle at a Kirkland Lake residence on Oct. 13.
Jennifer Landry, 43, from Kirkland Lake, was transported by Temiskaming EMS to a nearby hospital with a serious, life-threatening gunshot injury where she was pronounced deceased.
Const. Landry is a member of the Temiskaming Shores detachment of the OPP and had been posted to the Englehart office for just over two years.
Landry was not on duty at the time of the incident, OPP stated, and there is no concern for public safety.
The investigation is continuing with the assistance of the Kirkland Lake OPP Crime Unit and OPP North East Region Forensic Identification Services. A post-mortem is scheduled to take place Friday in Sudbury.
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