Montreal police confirmed that the life of a 41-year-old man who suffered life-threatening injuries early Tuesday morning, was no longer in danger.
While police had been conducting a criminal investigation, a spokesperson for the department said the incident was deemed accidental in nature Tuesday afternoon.
After speaking with the victim, investigators concluded the man was injured in a fall, said spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils.
Police first responded to a 5 a.m. 911 call reporting a possibly injured man inside a residential building on Hutchison Street, south of des Pins Avenue.
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When officers arrived, they found the victim who appeared to have marks consistent with violence on his upper body.
Police spokesperson Véronique Comtois said he was rushed to hospital and “we fear for his life.”
“We are waiting for the hospital to confirm exactly the nature of the injuries,” she said. “We think it is some physical force and possibly an object could have been used.”
At the time, Comtois said police were treating the incident as criminal and that a 30-year-old man has been arrested.
“There are multiple elements that lead us to believe this event to be criminal,” she said, without specifying.
Chèvrefils said the 30-year-old has since been released.
— With files from Global News Bradyen Jagger Haines
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