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A 28-Year-Old Man Was Found Shot Dead In A Montreal Parking Lot

The Montreal police are investigating after a 28-year-old man was found dead in a parking lot in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville early Wednesday morning. He had an upper-body gunshot wound.

Public details are few so far. According to SPVM spokesperson Jeanne Drouin, the discovery occurred at around 3 a.m., when a caller reported an unconscious individual in the parking lot of a business on boulevard Henri-Bourassa.

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An 18-Year-Old Has Died After Getting Shot On A Montreal Sidewalk

An 18-year-old man has died after a suspected drive-by shooting in the Montreal borough of Anjou Sunday night.

The incident occurred at around 10 p.m., when police responded to a 911 call concerning a person injured by a gunshot. Police arrived at the scene on avenue Hérisson near the intersection with avenue Thérèse-Casgrain to find the man unconscious on the ground, SPVM spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils told the media.

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3 People Were Found Killed In Montreal's Rosemont Neighbourhood

Three deaths in Montreal's Rosemont–La-Petite-Patrie borough are currently being treated as suspicious by the SPVM, who announced in a tweet that an investigation is now underway and one person has been arrested.

The suspect, a man in his early twenties, was taken to the hospital, according to reports from Radio-Canada.

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The Suspect In The Murder Of A 61-Year-Old Woman In Montreal Is Her Relative, Police Say

A 28-year-old man is in custody following the murder of a 61-year-old woman in Montreal’s Centre-Sud neighbourhood Wednesday. Police say they’re family members.

The woman’s death represents the city’s first homicide of 2023. Her body was found in an apartment on rue Fullum near the intersection with rue de Rouen in the borough of Ville-Marie Wednesday morning.

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A Woman Found Dead In A Montreal Apartment Is The City's 1st 2023 Homicide Victim, Police Say

Montreal police are investigating after a woman was found dead in a Ville-Marie apartment Wednesday. Police initially labelled her death “suspicious,” but later determined she had been murdered. It's the city's first homicide of 2023.

The investigation is now under the purview of the SPVM major crimes unit, police spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils announced Wednesday afternoon.

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A 28-Year-Old Man Was Shot Dead In Saint-Laurent Friday Night

Montreal police (SPVM) say a 28-year-old man was shot Friday night in the city's Ville Saint-Laurent borough, marking Montreal's 41st homicide of 2022.

SPVM spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant said the man succumbed to his injuries after being rushed to the hospital with at least one bullet wound to his upper body.

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A Man In His 20s Was Shot & Killed In Dorval

The SPVM is investigating after a man who police say was in his 20s was shot and killed in Dorval Tuesday night.

A 911 call at around 11 p.m. first alerted authorities to a man lying on the ground near the intersection of avenues Mimosa and Carson, about two blocks from the Dorval Interchange.

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2 People Are Dead In Montreal After What Police Suspect Was A 'Family Conflict'

Police are investigating the deaths of two people, a 60-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman, on Montreal's Île-Bizard Wednesday night as the city's 30th and 31st homicides of 2022.

The SPVM suspects the individuals were killed after what police spokesperson Raphaël Bergeron described Thursday morning as a "family conflict."

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An Overnight Stabbing In Montreal's Mile-End Left A Man Dead

A man was stabbed to death overnight in Montreal's Mile-End. Police were called just after 5 a.m. on Friday morning about an armed altercation near the corner of rue Jeanne-Mance and avenue Van Horne. Officers found a victim of unknown age who was pronounced dead on the scene. The man is the 26th homicide victim in the city this year.

"It was an altercation that degenerated between the victim and another man," said SPVM Constable Jean-Pierre Brabant.

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Montreal Police Arrest Man For Murder Of Woman In Montreal-Nord

On September 16, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) responded to a 911 call around 9:30 a.m. where they discovered the dead body of a 42-year-old woman in an apartment in Montreal-Nord.

Jean-Pierre Brabant, a spokesperson for the SPVM stated that the Montreal police had found several "marks of violence," on the woman's body — declaring the event as a "suspicious death." Police investigated the scene, knocking door-to-door inquiring to nearby residents for any details and scoping out security cameras throughout the vicinity.

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Montreal Police Investigating After A Woman Was Found Dead In Montreal-Nord Apartment

The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) is currently investigating a "suspicious death" after a 42-year-old woman was found dead in an apartment building in Montreal-Nord.

Jean-Pierre Brabant, a spokesperson for the SPVM, stated that the Montreal police received a phone call at around 9:30 a.m. Friday and immediately responded to the apartment complex, which is located on boulevard Lacordaire, near rue Charleroi. The woman was found by a friend who hadn't heard from her in a while. Upon checking up on the 42-year-old, she was found unconscious in the apartment.

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A 17-Year-Old Is In Critical Condition After Stabbing In Montreal-Nord

A 17-year-old boy is currently in critical condition after being stabbed in the Montreal-Nord borough.

"We fear for his life at the hospital," Montreal police spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant said. 911 received a call at around 4 a.m. on Saturday, August 20, regarding an altercation on Avenue Gervais.

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