Montreal police are investigating after a man died and two other people were injured in two separate shootings in the city’s northeast late Wednesday.
Investigators with the major crimes unit remain at a schoolyard in Montreal North after authorities were called around 10:20 p.m. about gunshots in the area.
Police officers found a 26-year-old man with gunshot wounds. He was taken to hospital, where his death was confirmed early Thursday.
A second man showed up at hospital a few minutes later with similar but non-life-threatening injuries, according to police spokesperson Manuel Couture.
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According to witnesses, police say a suspect approached a group of four people who were chatting on the school grounds when gunfire erupted.
No arrests have been made in what is the 19th homicide of the year in Montreal.
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Around the same time, police were responding to a call about a shooting in the Rivière-des-Prairies neighbourhood.
A 20-year-old woman was injured after a gunshot hit the window of her car, according to Couture. The shots were reportedly fired from a moving vehicle whose driver fled before police arrived.
Investigators are expected to meet with the victim and witnesses.
No arrests have been made in that case, either.
— with files from The Canadian Press
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