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Body found in Montreal overnight investigated as a homicide: police

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The body of a 50-year-old man in southwestern Montreal was found early Monday, and police say they’re investigating the death as a homicide.

Montreal police (SPVM) found the body in a residential building in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district just after midnight, after it was reported that a man needed help. The building was located near the intersection of Montclair and Fielding avenues, police said.

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The man was unresponsive when police arrived, and had marks of violence on his body, according to police.

Monday afternoon, police ruled the man’s death a homicide — the 29th to occur in Montreal this year.

Police were unable to confirm whether the man was known to police, and no arrests had been made.

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The investigation is ongoing.

— With files from The Canadian Press. 

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