An 18-year-old man died Friday after he was shot at a house party in the Montreal suburb of Town of Mount Royal.
Montreal police said they received a call around 1:45 a.m. about someone injured by gunfire inside a private residence on Trenton Avenue near Aberdale Road.
They said the man was hit by more than one bullet in the upper body and was unconscious when he was transported to hospital.
The victim was attending a house party at a private residence when a fight broke out and shots were fired, according to police.
No suspects have been arrested and police are gathering statements from various witnesses at the scene.
The teenager’s death is the 36th homicide recorded in Montreal in 2021.
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Const. Caroline Chevrefils said the suspects fled the scene before police arrived.
Investigators and crime scene technicians were dispatched to the residence.
Meanwhile, a 33-year-old shot earlier in the week succumbed to his injuries Thursday, after having been shot several times in Montreal’s Ville-Marie district.
At around 9:50 p.m. Wednesday, a call was placed to 911 reporting gunfire on des Érables Avenue, near Sherbrooke Street, in central Montreal.
Emergency services discovered the victim, a 33-year-old man, unconscious, suffering from several gunshot wounds to his upper body.
He was transported to hospital in critical condition, where he later died from his injuries.
— with files from The Canadian Press