A 47-year-old man is dead after an alleged violent attack in a shopping centre parking lot southeast of Montreal.
Sûreté du Québec (SQ) police say an assault took place about 5 p.m. Friday in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
The injured man was transported to hospital in critical condition but didn’t survive.
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Police say a 27-year-old male suspect was interrogated and was expected to be arraigned by telephone Saturday on a manslaughter charge.
He will appear at the local courthouse, about 40 kilometres southeast of Montreal, on Monday.
Municipal police from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu responded to the call but handed off the case to major crimes detectives from the provincial police, due to the severity of the injuries and circumstances surrounding the case.
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–With files from Global News’ Alessia Maratta
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