After a relative lull of a few weeks, armed violence experienced a new upheaval on Thursday afternoon in Montreal, when several shots were fired in the middle of the street, in the Saint-Léonard district.
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The shooting occurred shortly after 2 p.m. on Pascal-Gagnon Street, in an industrial and commercial area.
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According to our information, at least seven shots were fired. One of the projectiles hit the front of a mechanical garage.
Some witnesses told us that the business was targeted by the attack, but this is information that the police did not want to confirm.
None of the merchants working in the industrial district wanted to speak to TVA Nouvelles.
- Listen to the various facts chronicle of Maxime Deland, journalist at the QMI Agency at the microphone of Benoit Dutrizac on QUB radio :
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The shooter fled before officers arrived.
The police are now trying to trace the sequence of events, and the suspect.
No one was injured in the shooting.
- Listen to the news segment with Mario Dumont and Alexandre Moranville-Ouellet on QUB radio:
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A security perimeter was erected to protect the crime scene. A dog handler was also dispatched to the scene to try to find evidence.