Provincial police are on the scene at a popular Laurentians resort following a shooting that injured one person.
Frank Pappas, mayor of Estérel — a municipality 100 kilometres north of Montreal — told reporters the victim is Valeriy Tarasenko and that his life is not in danger.
Tarasenko is a businessman with alleged ties to a woman who made headlines after posing as a fake heiress and infiltrated Mar-A-Lago, the Florida estate of former U.S. president Donald Trump.
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The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) say the received a call at around 12:45 p.m. to chemin Fridolin Simard in the municipality of Estérel –100 kilometres north of Montreal– concerning an armed aggression.
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According to early reports, police say that one person was shot and sustained non-threatening injuries.
The SQ’s major crimes unit has taken over the investigation.
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