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Montreal police investigating city’s 11th homicide of 2017

Police are investigating after a man was found dead with a gunshot wound in the upper-body inside a residence on Roi-René Boulevard in Anjou. Saturday, May 27, 2017. Courtesy TVA

The major crimes unit with Montreal police (SPVM) confirmed that a man found dead inside an apartment in Anjou Friday afternoon, was the victim of a homicide.

A woman called police at 4:30 p.m., after discovering the man’s body inside a residence on Roi-René Boulevard.

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According to police spokesperson Benoit Boiselle, the 30-year-old man was shot.

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Boiselle confirmed the victim was known to police.

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As of Saturday morning, there were no suspects in the case and no arrests had been made.

It is the 11th homicide of 2017 on SPVM territory.

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On Tuesday, two men were killed in separate incidents in the city’s ninth and 10th homicides.

 

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