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Court-imposed conditional sentence against Bobbie Hallaert that expired nearly one year before this week’s murder suicide that included the slaying of three children

Bobbie Hallaert identified as shooter in what is being called incident of intimate partner violence

Documents show the man received a conditional discharge and was ordered for 12 months to keep the peace, not posses any weapons, as well as participate in alcohol abuse counselling, among other conditions

The family of a man who killed four people -- including three children -- before turning a gun on himself has identified the shooter as Bobbie Hallaert, according to The Canadian Press.

Family members have identified the killer — who later turned the gun on himself — as Robert "Bobbie" Hallaert.

Shooter was subject of domestic violence investigations

The man who killed four people - including three of his own children - before turning a gun on himself in Sault Ste. Marie had been charged four years ago with assaulting a police officer, court records show.