The double murder committed Friday evening in Longueuil could be linked to drug trafficking. This is at least one of the hypotheses examined by the police, according to our sources. Given the “current context of armed violence” in Greater Montreal, the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) announced on Saturday that it would join the investigation.
Posted at 11:56
Updated at 3:29 p.m.
Sophie Langelier, 42, and Ahmed Kadar, 34, are the two victims of this shooting that occurred in a commercial parking lot on Friday evening, was able to confirm The Press. The first had no criminal history according to the criminal record. Ahmed Kadar was charged with uttering threats in 2009, but was later released.
Police sources said on Saturday that the case could be linked to drug trafficking. However, the link between the two victims is unknown at this time. One thing is certain: SQ investigators will also lend a hand to the existing staff of the Longueuil agglomeration police department (SPAL) in the coming days, in order to identify the suspect or suspects behind this event.
A mobile SQ command post was set up early in the morning on Saturday in the commercial parking lot on rue de Lyon where the shooting took place.
The authorities are thus inviting anyone who may have witnessed the scene to come and meet the investigators, in order to transmit information in a secure and above all confidential manner.
According to the spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec, Béatrice Dorsainville, it is because of “the nature of the event and the current context of armed violence which is currently raging throughout Montreal” that the investigation is being carried out by two bodies. separate police officers, a fact which remains rather occasional in such cases.
Shots fired from a moving vehicle
According to the first information transmitted, the shots were fired from a moving vehicle which left the scene before the arrival of the agents.
Our sources confirm that the suspect or suspects fired from this moving vehicle while the two victims were outside, near Sophie Langelier’s vehicle. A security perimeter was established in the area, before being lifted gradually overnight from Friday to Saturday. No arrests have yet been reported.
Recall that the Longueuil police received a call around 8:15 p.m. Friday evening, reporting shots fired in a commercial parking lot on rue de Lyon in Longueuil. The two gunshot victims were immediately transported by ambulance to a hospital.
They unfortunately succumbed to their injuries a few hours later.
With the collaboration of Daniel Renaud and Delphine Belzile, The Press