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| Authorities inspect the body of Lionel Barbeau |
The two concocted a scheme to shoot a teacher at their school and then kill themselves near a little brook behind their school at the Mortagne High School in Boucherville around 9 a.m. on 21 November 1972.
The two boys took a rifle a parent's garage in the aim of shooting teacher Madeleine Saint Louis, but Barbeau instead eventually settled on shooting Geography teacher Jacqueline Goode, 31, instead.
Goode was hit in the head and badly injured but appears to have survived her wounds, although her subsequent fate remains unclear. She would be about 77 if alive today.
The name of the 15-year-old participant cannot be published apparently, although it's not hard to find in some published news stories online.
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| Teacher Jacqueline Goode survived |
"I was supposed to shoot two bullets in the direction of Ms. Saint Louis. After that we were supposed to go to a little stream. He (Barbeau) was supposed to shoot me twice in the heart then turn the gun on himself and do the same."
The two got the idea walking home from school one day along with a third boy who simply went home. The two then practiced their plan in the garage. Barbeau penned letters to his mom, brother and father in anticipation of his own death.
On November 20 Barbeau came over to his friend's house and they watched a movie together but didn't discuss the plan.
"We didn't want to talk about it. He knew we wouldn't do it if we thought about it any longer. "
The day in question started as normal for the boys who had planned to meet in the gym.
"He had the rifle. We saw Ms. Saint Louis. I was unable to shoot. Barbeau was mad at me. He took the gun away from me. Ms. Saint Louis had disappeared into the school. He said we missed our chance but it was no big deal, we'll try again. I felt all mixed up. I put the safety on the rifle. I didn't want to hurt anybody. It was awful. I didn't want anything more to do with it. I said shoot out the lights instead. But then Ms. Goode came by. I wasn't watching but he pulled the trigger. I heard a noise and saw Ms. Goode fall. He panicked and gave me the rifle."
The two ran to the stream behind the school and Barbeau took the rifle.
"He pointed in my direction and pulled the trigger. I was hit. He asked me if I wanted another. I said I had my share."
Barbeau then tried shooting himself but the bullets fell from the rifle into the snow underfoot. He picked them up and then shot himself.
"He fell to my right. I started feeling bad. He had was suffering. He had a hand on his chest. I was talking to him but he didn't answer. His boot started moving then it stopped. I thought I was going to die but said no and then walked to the school."
Coroner Alban Flamand, who oversaw the hearings into the affair said "I've never heard something so painful. I've never found myself in such a painful situation. what we herd should make everybody think."