Investigators are still trying to figure out what led up to this Montreal shooting on Monday June 22.
A Lethbridge, Alta., neighbor of Seth Scott Hatfield, the man accused of the shooting, says she saw Hatfield walk by but never recognized him.
“He wasn’t very approachable. He kept to himself, really,” said neighbor Anika Medema.
Medema, among other residents, was shocked by an increased police presence in their townhouse complex on Tuesday, a day after the shooting.
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Lethbridge police searched a unit at the complex on Lemoyne Crescent for hours.
Medema says it’s usually quiet where she lives, but that changed Tuesday, when the quiet compound became the scene of a high-risk search.
Medema had left early that morning before police arrived, but came home to the scene.
“There were police everywhere,” Medema said.
The University of Lethbridge has confirmed that Hatfield was a student there.
They expressed condolences to all those affected by the shooting and condemned the violence.
“You never know who you’re going to run into,” said Medema, who also attends the university.
Medema says this case is a reminder that you never know what goes on behind closed doors.
“You don’t know your neighbor that well, so anything can happen,” Medema said.
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