Montreal police are investigating two shootings in the northeastern part of the city late Wednesday that left one man dead and two others injured.
Major Crimes Unit investigators remain in North Montreal schoolyard
Police officers find his 26-year-old man with a gunshot wound. discovered. He was taken to hospital and pronounced dead early Thursday morning.
A second man appeared at the hospital minutes later with similar but non-life-threatening injuries, according to police spokesperson Manuel Couture.
According to eyewitnesses, police say the suspect approached his group of four as they were chatting on school grounds when the shooting occurred.
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At the same time, police responded to a call about a shooting in the Riviere des Prairie district.
A 20-year-old woman was injured after a bullet hit her car window, according to Couture. The shot was reportedly fired from a moving vehicle, the driver of which fled before police arrived.
Investigators are expected to meet with victims and witnesses.
No arrests have been made in this incident.
— Canadian Press Files
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