A 35-year-old man was arrested in the Caribbean on Wednesday in connection with a homicide that happened six years ago in Montreal’s Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough.
The suspect, Shamora Robertson, was arrested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines by local police in collaboration with the RCMP and U.S authorities and was extradited to Montreal where he faced murder charges on Thursday.
He is the third person arrested in connection with the killing of Gilbert Nshimiyumukiza, a 30-year-old man who was shot and killed on April 30, 2016.
Police say on the night of the victim’s death, he was home with a roommate on Grenet Street in an Ahuntsic apartment building. Four suspects entered the home, shot one roommate and violently assaulted the other, who survived.
According to French language Quebec news network TVA Nouvelles, the incident involved settling a drug debt.
Montreal police say they arrested Nikita Hunt and Jermaine Carlton Gero in connection with the incident shortly after, both of whom were convicted of murder, but Robertson fled the country.
Authorities say he will remain detained pending further proceedings.
Investigators are still looking for the fourth suspect in the case.