LAVAL – Police are investigating after a 22-year-old man was found dead in Laval on Tuesday night.
Officers were called to an apartment building on Lévesque Boulevard in the eastern Saint-Vincent-de-Paul district just before 8 p.m.
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The victim, who was known to police, was found on the building’s front steps with wounds to his back, consistent to being struck with a blunt object.
The death comes after increased surveillance in the area following several recent shootings in neighbouring Saint-François.
Laval police have set up a command post to gather more information.