A 25-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after a shooting inside a resto-bar on Jarry Street, near St-Michel Boulevard, early Friday morning.
Police were called to the bar at around 2 a.m. after several shots were fired inside.
Witnesses told police the gunman entered the premises and started shooting randomly.
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Montreal police spokesperson Benoît Boiselle said officers located the victim inside the restaurant.
She suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and was taken to hospital for treatment. Her injury is not considered life-threatening.
Boiselle said the suspect fled the scene on foot in an unknown direction before police got there.
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Investigators are at the scene, but Boiselle said witnesses are providing very little information. Officers will be reviewing surveillance camera videos from both inside and outside the premises.
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