MONTREAL – The reputed leader of the notorious Bo-Gars street gang, also known as the Reds, was gunned down in the crowded parking lot of the Galeries d’Anjou shopping centre on Friday night. Chénier Dupuy, 37, was sitting in his car when he was shot around 6:50 p.m.
Police found him near the car when they arrived. He was brought to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. A 32-year-old man, who police said Friday night is also tied to a street gang, was injured in the shooting but managed to flee into the mall.
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The gunman is still at large, police said.
A few hours later and several kilometres away, 42-year-old Lamartine Paul was shot outside his apartment building on Samson Blvd. in Laval. Paul, a known street-gang member, had just arrived home and was walking through the parking lot behind the building when he was shot.
He managed to walk to the front of the building before collapsing. He was unconscious but still breathing when police arrived and was brought to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Paul’s cousin is influential alleged street-gang leader Ducarme Joseph who gained notoriety in March 2010 when gunmen opened fire inside his old-Montreal clothing boutique killing two people. Joseph, who has ties to the Reds, escaped the attempt on his life.
Lamontagne said he didn’t know whether the shootings were connected.
“Two events that happen concurrently, it could look like that,” he said, referring to rumours of a gang war.
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