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Martin Couture Rouleau knew the RCMP were on to him, but bringing him in for questioning several times and seizing his passport wasn’t enough to deter the radicalized Quebec man from committing an act of terror.

After spending months posting messages about hell and betrayal on social media, the 25-year-old St. Jean-sur-Richelieu man acted on his terrorist ideology in his hometown Monday morning. He waited in his car for two hours and then deliberately mowed down two army personnel outside a federal government office, provincial police said. Patrice Vincent, a 53-year-old warrant officer, died of his injuries.

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Three days before the attack, there were signs that Couture Rouleau’s life was starting to unravel. On Oct. 17, he changed his profile picture on Facebook to an image depicting a fiery hell. On the same day, he applied for joint custody of his young son.

Couture Rouleau was fatally shot by police after leading them on a high-speed chase following his attack on the military members, one of whom was in uniform. He flipped his car in a crash and was shot after exiting his car carrying a knife, police said.