Another shooting in downtown Montreal
Posted July 17, 2023 8:23 am.
Last Updated July 17, 2023 10:39 am.
MONTREAL – Another shooting broke out in downtown Montreal, near the intersection of Saint-Denis Street and de Maisonneuve Blvd. east.
Calls coming into 911 just before 12:40 a.m. Once on the scene police officers (SPVM) located a wounded man in his 20s.
He was conscious when taken to hospital by ambulance, and his life is not in danger.
The SPVM set up a security perimeter at the intersection where the shooting occurred. A bullet casing was found on the ground, and the scene was still being examined at dawn, with the help of forensic identification technicians and the police canine squad.
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No arrests have been made so far. The suspects fled the scene before police officers arrived.
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- Another shooting occurred in downtown Montreal on July 17, 2023 this time near the corner of de Maisonneuve and Saint-Denis. (Hayder Mahdy/CityNews)
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- Another shooting occurred in downtown Montreal on July 17, 2023 this time at the corner of de Maisonneuve and Saint-Denis. (Hayder Mahdy/CityNews)
Last week, two shootings in the downtown area resulted in similar injuries. One at the intersection of Sainte-Catherine west and Drummond streets, and the other at the corner of Sainte-Catherine west and Union.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on July 17, 2023.
