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An 18-Year-Old Was Found Injured In A Parking Lot After A Drive-By Shooting In Montreal

An 18-year-old man is recovering after a drive-by shooting in the Montreal borough of Saint-Léonard Wednesday night.

The incident occurred at around 11:10 p.m., when authorities received several 911 calls concerning gunshots on Place Bonpart near the intersection with rue Valdombre, Montreal police spokesperson Véronique Dubuc told MTL Blog.

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Gunshots Were Reported In Downtown Montreal After A Fight Near A Bar

Police are investigating after gunshots were heard in downtown Montreal Sunday night. SPVM spokesperson Jeanne Drouin told the media Monday morning that police had found "several" projectile impacts on rue Stanley but hadn't yet identified any suspects. No one was reported injured.

The incident occurred at around 12:45 a.m. Monday, when a call to police first flagged the gunshots

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Police Are Investigating After Shots Were Fired In A Montreal Schoolyard

Montreal police are investigating after shots were apparently fired in a Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve schoolyard Sunday night.

According to SPVM spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils, the incident occurred at around 10:15 p.m., when authorities received "several" 911 calls about gunfire near the intersection of avenue Pierre-de-Coubertin and avenue de Carignan.

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3 People Were Shot In 2 Separate Shootings In Downtown Montreal

Three men are in the hospital after sustaining gunshot wounds in two separate shooting incidents in downtown Montreal Monday night and early Tuesday morning. A third shooting with no apparent victims also took place in the borough of Rosemont–La-Petite-Patrie.

The first incident occurred at Place Émilie-Gamelin in Ville-Marie at around midnight. Montreal police spokesperson Gabriella Youakim said officers responded to a call about gunfire to find a 38-year-old victim with gunshot injuries to his upper body.

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Legault Vowed To 'Restore Order' In Montreal After Broad-Daylight Gun Murders

"We will not accept, as a government, that Montreal becomes a shooting range for gangs," Quebec Premier François Legault wrote on Twitter in the aftermath of two deadly, broad-daylight shootings in Montreal on Tuesday.

Since those incidents, one inside a downtown restaurant, the other in a mall parking lot, officials at all levels of government have taken to social media to denounce gun violence and commit to, often vaguely, take action to, in the words of the premier, "restore order" in the city.

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A Montreal Police Operation Is Underway After A 25-Year-Old Was Shot

Montreal police are asking people to avoid an area in the Pointe-aux-Trembles neighbourhood as they conduct an operation following an incident in which a 25-year-old woman sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot injury.

SPVM spokesperson Veronique Comtois said the situation began at around 12 a.m. Friday, when a 911 call alerted authorities to gunfire that had injured an individual on boulevard Maurice-Duplessis near 27e avenue.

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One Person Is Dead After A Shooting In A Montreal High School Parking Lot Wednesday Night

One person is dead and another is injured after a shooting in a Montreal high school parking Wednesday night, police say.

The incident occurred at around 10:25 p.m. in a lot near the intersection of avenue P.M. Favier and rue de Charny next to the Lester B. Pearson High School in Montréal-Nord.

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2 People Were Shot & Killed In Montreal Tuesday Night

Two people are dead after shootings in Montreal's Saint-Laurent and Ahuntsic-Cartierville boroughs Tuesday night. They represent Montreal Island's 16th and 17th homicides of 2022.

Police found the first victim after responding to a 911 call about possible gunfire on boulevard Jules-Poitras near the intersection with boulevard Deguire, near autoroute 15 in Saint-Laurent, at around 9:45 p.m., a Montreal police spokesperson told the media Wednesday morning.

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A 17-Year-Old Was Shot In Montreal Monday Night

A 17-year-old was sent to the hospital after sustaining gunshot wounds to the upper and lower body Monday night. Officials say they do not fear for his life.

Police found the boy after responding to a 12:15 a.m. Tuesday 911 call about an injured individual on avenue Matt near rue Pascal in the borough of Montréal-Nord.

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A Montreal Police Officer Was Shot & A Suspect Was Injured In Ville-Marie

Quebec's law enforcement watchdog, the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI), is launching an investigation after a Montreal police officer and suspect were injured during an incident in the borough of Ville-Marie late Wednesday night.

According to preliminary information, police officers were responding to an 11:45 p.m. 911 call about an armed man in Cabot Square, the park at the corner of avenue Atwater and rue Sainte-Catherine.

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​A 34-Year-Old Man Has Died After Getting Shot In Montreal Monday Night

A 34-year-old man has died after getting shot in the Montreal borough of Lachine Monday night. The incident represents the Agglomeration of Montreal's 11th homicide of the year, according to the SPVM.

Police say they found the victim after responding to an 11:30 p.m. 911 call concerning a gunshot and an injured individual near the intersection of rue Richmond and avenue Saint-Pierre at the eastern end of the borough.

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Montreal Police Say One Man Is Dead After A Shooting In Saint-Michel Wednesday Afternoon

One man is dead after a shooting in Saint-Michel Wednesday. Montreal police's spokesperson said authorities received a 911 call about possible gunshots at the corner of avenue Shelley and boulevard Crémazie at around 4:25 p.m.

Police found an injured man when they arrived on the scene. He was then declared dead.

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