26-year-old man found dead at party in downtown Montreal

RAW VIDEO: Crime scene on Ste-Catherine and Stanley St. 

MONTREAL – Police are investigating the second homicide of 2015.

At around 3:50 a.m., a man was found with stab wounds to his upper body in a commercial building at the corner of Ste-Catherine and Stanley St.

Paramedics tried to resuscitate him, to no avail. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The 26-year-old was attending a private party.

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Constable Jean-Pierre Brabant said investigators are currently on-site and have cordoned off the area.

“It’s too early to tell if it’s gang-related,” Brabant told Global News.

“We have spoke to the 40 people who attended the party to find out the circumstances that led to the homicide.”