The suspect in this week’s three fatal shootings in and around Montreal was released from a mental health facility even though a psychiatrist deemed him a “significant risk to public safety,” court documents show.
Those documents, which were obtained by Radio-Canada, also show that Abdulla Shaikh had been previously diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Following recommendations, the Tribunal Administratif du Québec — which handles cases that are related to mental illness — ordered Shaikh to be released in March from a psychiatric facility, under conditions.
The release conditions were imposed to make sure health authorities could monitor Shaikh’s progress.
At that time, Shaikh’s condition had been improving, the ruling reads. But the tribunal said he could resort to “unpredictable and