A 71-year-old man was the victim of murder after being shot late Monday evening in front of a restaurant in the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal.
Montreal police were alerted around 11:20 p.m. about a man shot in the parking lot of the Rosana restaurant, on Marcel-Laurin Boulevard, near Thimens Boulevard.
When police officers from the Montreal City Police Service (SPVM) arrived on the scene, they located the unconscious victim with a gunshot wound to the upper body.
His death was confirmed by authorities Tuesday morning.
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Paramedics carried out resuscitation maneuvers on the victim, who was quickly transported to a hospital.
According to initial information, the suspect(s) fired shots at the victim, who was alone in his vehicle, according to an SPVM spokesperson.
They then fled before the police arrived, said public relations officer Caroline Chèvrefils, specifying that no arrests were made in the case.
The scene was protected by a security perimeter while awaiting investigators and forensic identification technicians who should begin their work in the morning.
Witnesses were met by the police who had to view possible surveillance cameras, while Boulevard Marcel-Laurin is closed from Rue Poirier.
Last month, almost to the day, the Rosana restaurant was targeted with a Molotov cocktail during a series of almost simultaneous attacks on four different establishments, in less than two hours. The establishment escaped with minor damage.