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Montreal police seek suspect after LaSalle bar shooting leaves two in hospital

Montreal police are searching for a suspect following a shooting at a LaSalle bar the night of Tuesday, September 1, 2020. Thierry Laforce

Montreal police are searching for a suspect after a shooting in a LaSalle bar left two in hospital.

Shortly before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, a man believed to be in his early 30s, entered a bar on Shevchenko Boulevard at David-Boyer Street in the borough, according to police spokesperson Const. Raphaël Bergeron.

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“The information we have is that the suspect went into the bar, got invited to leave the premises due to him being kind of aggressive, then he came back a few minutes later,” Bergeron said. When the man came back, Bergeron explained, he had a gun with him and opened fire.

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Two 72-year-old men were taken to hospital following the incident, though Bergeron emphasized their injuries were “not life-threatening.”

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The suspect, meanwhile, fled the scene after the shooting, and remains at large. Investigators were not immediately able to provide much in the way of a physical description of the man, besides a rough estimate of his age range and the fact that he was white.

No arrests have been made.

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