Police are investigating a fatal shooting in a parking lot in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges borough Tuesday afternoon.
It happened at around 4:30 p.m. in a parking lot on Jean-Talon Street near de la Savane Street.
Montreal police spokesperson Sabrina Gauthier said when officers arrived at the scene, they found a 38-year-old woman inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds.
Gauthier said the woman, whose identity has not yet been released, was declared dead at the scene.
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Preliminary information gathered by police indicates shots were fired in the woman’s direction while the vehicle she was in was in motion.
The vehicle ended up crashing into a building, Gauthier said.
The suspect is believed to have fled the scene on foot before police arrived.
Officers are speaking to witnesses and a perimeter was set up to protect the crime scene.
Investigators with the Major Crimes Unit have been assigned to the case. No arrests have been made.
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Gauthier said the killing marks the eighth homicide of 2023 in Montreal.
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