( CNN ) -- Police in Montreal were working Wednesday to uncover the motive behind a gunman 's midnight attack that left one person dead and another wounded at the victory rally by Quebec 's newly elected premier . Pauline Marois was speaking to excited supporters near midnight Tuesday when the man , dressed in what appeared to be a bathrobe and face mask and armed with two guns , slipped into the Montreal concert hall and opened fire . He then set a small fire at the venue 's back door , police said . Amid the chaos , Marois ' security team hustled her off stage . She was not injured , but one person died and another was wounded , according to police . Minutes later , the 63-year-old returned to thank her supporters and asked the crowd to calmly leave the room . Police said Wednesday they were trying to determine whether Marois was the intended target of the gunman , who was arrested moments after the attack . Authorities took the 62-year-old suspect to the hospital after his arrest for what police described as an ailment that did not appear to be serious . Police would not release the suspect 's name until he appears in court , they said , which is not likely before Thursday afternoon . Authorities also have not yet released the identity of the dead shooting victim , saying family members may not yet have been notified . The second shooting victim suffered non-life threatening injuries , according to Montreal police Commander Ian Lafreniere . While it 's not clear what the motive for the attack may have been , the man shouted `` The English are waking up ! '' in French as he was being taken to a police cruiser . Marois ' party , Parti Quebecois , wants the French-speaking province to secede from Canada and become its own country . Marois and her party defeated the incumbent Liberal party in the elections , unseating longtime premier Jean Charest and making her the province 's first female leader . `` As a result of this tragedy , it is all the Quebecois who are grieving today in the face of such a senseless act of violence , '' Marois said in a statement released by the party . She said elections , not violence , should guide Quebec 's future . Marois said she saw little of the incident that prompted her security detail to whisk her off the stage and was not aware one shooting victim had died until later . She downplayed suggestions that the campaign had anything to do with the incident . `` I do n't think there is a relation between the events of yesterday and the style of our campaign , '' she said . Quebec voters first elected a separatist government in 1976 , and since that time the province has quarreled with the English-speaking majority in the rest of Canada over its position in the country . Quebec voters have twice rejected referendums supporting sovereignty for the province , the last time in a closely contested 1995 vote , said Antonia Maioni , a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal . The issue seemed to fade following that loss and the 2003 election of Charest as premier , and was not the central issue in the election that vaulted Marois to power , Maioni said . `` Sovereignty played ( a role ) , but I would n't say it was the ballot box issue in this election , '' Maioni said . While Marois talked up the issue with the party faithful , she pitched to the broader electorate with a message of change and a platform calling for expanded economic programs and government financial reforms , Maioni said . During her victory speech , Marois called for unity and told English-speaking Quebec residents that their rights would be respected , CBC reported . `` We share the same history , and I want us to shape together our future , '' she said in English . CNN 's Paula Newton contributed to this report .
NEW : This means the product will ship as received by the manufacturer, sealed, with all advertised components, and with the manufacturer warranty. Police say Marois , the new premier , may have been the target of the shooting . Marois ' party supports Quebec separating from Canada . Report : The suspect shouts , `` The English are waking up ! '' as he is taken away .