RIVIERE-DES-PRAIRIES – A 24-year-old man was shot down in front of a residence in Riviere-des-Prairies on Friday night.
The event occurred around 8:45 p.m. on Maurice-Duplessis Boulevard near the intersection of Alexis-Carrel Avenue. When police arrived on the scene, the victim was lying on the driveway near the street bleeding heavily.
He was unconscious with multiple bullet wounds. He was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after.
This marks the 20th homicide of 2015 on the island of Montreal, one more than the same time last year.
The victim has been identified in the media as Marco Claudio Campellone, who was already known to Montreal police (SPVM). They believe the shooting was related to organized crime.
The residence, which belongs to a member of the victim’s personal circle, had video cameras installed outside. The question now is whether or not they were recording at the time of the crime.
This wasn’t the first time Campellone was the target of an attempted murder. In August 2013 he was shot in the arm; the injury was non-life-threatening. That incident happened on Pierre-Baillargeon Avenue and Maurice-Duplessis Boulevard, less than a block away from where he would eventually be killed. No arrests were made in that case.
On Saturday morning, agents from the SPVM’s Major Crimes Unit were on the scene investigating the incident and meeting with witnesses. So far, there are no suspects in the case.
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