A man in his twenties was arrested in Laval after firing shots in the air at the exit of a bar in the Chomedey sector, overnight from Sunday to Monday.
Posted at 8:13 a.m.
Updated at 8:51 a.m.
Police arrested the alleged shooter, a 28-year-old man known to authorities, as he left a bar around 2:15 a.m.
The suspect had just been expelled from the bar Le Skratch, located on boulevard Curé-Labelle. He was accompanied by two other people. According to our information, a conflict would have broken out inside the establishment.
The intoxicated man reportedly fired several projectiles into the air after being dragged out of the area. The shots did not cause any injuries.
“When he left in the car, detonations were heard from the vehicle. There was a police presence nearby,” said Constable Érika Landry, spokesperson for the police force.
Quickly, officers from the Service de police de Laval (SPL) arrested the suspect. He is a 28-year-old Montrealer, known to the police. The two other men accompanying him were released after questioning.
Three incidents involving firearms occurred last week in the Chomedey sector.
Junior Lemoyne Printemps, 28, was shot and killed in his vehicle where four other passengers were last Sunday.
The following day, at 2:25 p.m., a 911 call reported gunshots heard near Dumouchel Avenue, not far from Chopin Park.
Last Tuesday, a 33-year-old man was injured in a shooting that occurred on rue Normandin, not far from rue Beauregard. The suspect or suspects acted in broad daylight, in a residential area where children were playing.