Police in Montreal are looking for answers after a 16-year-old boy was left dead in a stabbing Tuesday evening in the city’s Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood.
Authorities say a 911 call was placed at 6 p.m. and officers found the boy shortly after on Barclay Street near the Victoria Avenue intersection.
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The victim was found conscious with upper-body stab wounds. Emergency services rushed him to hospital but say he lost consciousness in the ambulance.
He died in hospital in the early morning hours on Wednesday.
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Montreal police spokesperson Raphaël Bergeron says officers have set up a perimeter around the scene and are meeting witnesses to investigate the circumstances and motive behind the homicide.
Bergeron says this marks the City of Montreal’s eighth homicide of 2025.
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