Police say the suspect arrived in Montreal on Monday and was brought into custody. He is to be charged with second-degree murder.
Working with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Montreal police have successfully repatriated a suspect from Peru who was wanted in connection with the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy in January.
The police say the suspect, now 18, arrived in Montreal from Lima Monday afternoon and was brought into custody.
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Because he was a minor at the time of the shooting, his identity cannot be disclosed. He is expected to be charged with second-degree murder in youth court on Tuesday.
The police department believes the man is the shooter in what was the city’s first homicide of 2022.
The victim in the shooting, later identified as Amir Benayad, was shot during a conflict between two groups of teens on Jan. 13, 2022.
Police said an argument erupted between the two groups in an alleyway near the intersection of Roy and Rivard Sts., leading to shots being fired. Benayad was fatally shot in the chest.
Monday’s arrest is the second made in connection with the case.
In September, police arrested a 17-year-old boy in the city’s Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough, also on a second-degree murder charge.
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