Shots were fired Friday night in Montreal North. Several bullets were identified by investigators, and apparent projectile impacts were observed on cars. A 27-year-old man was also injured during the incident.
Posted at 10:21 a.m.
It was around 11:25 p.m., late Friday evening, that the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) said it received a 911 call for gunshots heard, not far from the intersection between Avenue Lapierre and Boulevard Maurice-Duplessis.
“The information collected so far seems to indicate that the shots were fired at a group of individuals, but the exact circumstances remain to be established,” briefly indicated agent Véronique Comtois, spokesperson for the body. policeman about it.
At the same time, she confirmed that when the first police arrived on the scene, the suspect or suspects had already fled. “Several casings were found on the ground and projectile impacts were located on vehicles” which were parked in the street, also explained Mr.me Comtois.
Montreal police later confirmed that a 27-year-old man was injured “superficially”, possibly by gunshot. However, it was not necessary to transport him to a hospital.
A security perimeter has been erected in the area, in order to let the investigators do their work of collecting clues. Neighbors who may have witnessed the affair, or who may have heard things, will also be met by the investigators.
This all comes just days after a triple homicide that deeply shocked the people of Montreal. Two men were first killed an hour apart on Tuesday evening.
The first victim is André Fernand Lemieux, a 64-year-old man, father of Quebec boxer David Lemieux. An hour later, officers found a man lying on the ground with gunshot wounds, about two miles from the first kill. Mohamed Salah Belhaj, an intervention officer at the Albert-Prévost mental health hospital, 48, also succumbed to his injuries.
The most recent victim of this series of homicides is Alex Lévis Crevier, a 22-year-old Laval resident. He was riding a skateboard in the Laval-des-Rapides district when the shootings occurred. He would have been randomly targeted.