Montreal police major crimes unit investigating after man found dead inside car

Montreal police are investigating the death of a 20-year-old man in the city’s Saint-Léonard borough on Thursday afternoon.

Montreal police spokesperson Sabrina Gauthier said a 911 call at 2:20 p.m., reported an unconscious man inside a vehicle on de Fontanelle street, near Jean-Talon Street.

Firefighters, who were the first to arrive on the scene, quickly attended to the victim.

He was pronounced dead after the arrival of police and paramedics.

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Gauthier said the victim was hit with at least “one projectile,” but that an investigation will determine the cause of death and the weapon used.

A perimeter was set up and a canine unit, as well as investigators with the major crimes unit, were deployed to the scene.

The man’s death is considered “suspicious.”

It comes less than 24-hours after another man in his 20s was found dead inside an apartment in Lachine in the city’s 32nd homicide of the year.