A Canadian homeowner faces firearm charges following the shooting deaths of two teenagers who broke into his rural property.
Ozric Blanchard, 31, of South Glengarry in Ontario, has been charged with careless storage of a firearm and unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm nearly two years after two teenagers died.
Eddie Alobhouet, 19, and Tristan Simard, 18, both of Saint-Jerome in Quebec, died on February 2, 2025, in Ontario after they were recruited by a motorcycle gang and told to rob the house of $5,000, CTV News reported.
A third suspect was with them, but the unidentified person managed to escape and evade police.
The two residents of the home were not injured. However, police seized several firearms from the home, CTV News reported. The residents were taken into custody, but eventually released unconditionally.
Police believe the incident was targeted.
Blanchard was arrested on October 29 after further police investigation. He lived in the home that was invaded. He is scheduled to appear in court on December 2.
Three others, Michael Cloutier, 40; Marc Andre DeMontigny-Defoy, 36; and Stephanie Pigeon, 34, all of Quebec, have also been arrested in connection to the case.
Eddie Alobhouet, 19, and Tristan Simard, 18, (pictured) both of Saint-Jerome in Quebec, were killed on February 2, 2025, after they attempted to break into Ozric Blanchard's home
Police were called to the home over reports of Alobhouet (pictured) and Simard being shot. Blanchard copped firearm charges, despite being the victim of a home invasion
Cloutier and DeMontigny-Defoy were charged in October with breaking and entering and committing a robbery with the intent to steal a firearm, among other charges. Pigeon was charged as an accessory.
Police were called to Blanchard's home around 9pm on February 2, 2025, on reports that two people had been shot, CTV News reported.
The incident started when three people attempted to enter the home, leading to Alobhouet and Simard's deaths.
'These individuals did go there for a reason, did force their way into the home, and were confronted by an individual, and resulting in two of them being deceased and one on the run,' Bill Dickson, media relations officer with OPP East Region, told CTV News at the time.
Police said from the beginning they would have to determine if the firearm Blanchard had was legal even if the case involved people breaking into his home.
Simard's mother, Julie Simard, told the Daily Mail on Friday that she believes it's 'very unfair that Ozric Blanchard had only 12 firearm charges.'
'These people are from the criminal gangs and he is not a "regular citizen,"' Julie claimed. Police have not said if Blanchard is part of a gang.
Julie went on to call Blanchard a 'dangerous criminal' and a 'murderer.'
Simard's mother, Julie Simard, told the Daily Mail that Blanchard is a 'dangerous criminal' and a 'murderer.' Police have not revealed if Blanchard was part of a gang
'I think he [Blanchard] could have shot them in the arms or legs and called the cops. But I think he did shoot my son in the face between his nose and mouth to break his neck and kill him,' she told the Daily Mail.
'To me, he is a menace to society and he is a murderer, and I will do anything in my power to prove this to the judges. It's unfair.'
The mother previously told CTV News that she didn't know her son was in bad company and he was a good boy.
She also told the outlet that Simard had felt pressured to make money and was being manipulated.
The Daily Mail has reached out to OPP and the victims' families for comment.
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