Accused in crossbow attack was low risk to reoffend after robbery conviction:docs
TORONTO — A man accused of strangling his mother and killing two of his brothers using a crossbow bolt and arrowhead had been treated for depression while serving a sentence for multiple bank robberies, but was considered a low risk to reoffend, according to parole documents obtained by The Canadian Press.
Brett Ryan, 35, is facing three charges of first-degree murder in the deaths of Susan Ryan, 66, and his brothers Chris, 42, and Alexander, 29.
Police said another man — who neighbours said was also Ryan’s brother — was injured in the bloody attack at the family’s home in the city’s east end Thursday afternoon.
Ryan’s social media profiles show a man happily engaged to a physiotherapist and due to get married on Sept. 16. But documents from the Parole Board of Canada related to Ryan’s 2009 conviction shed some light on his past emotional and financial struggles.