The man in his 40s who was stabbed at a busy intersection in downtown Montreal on Monday morning has succumbed to his injuries in hospital, confirms the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), which is conducting its investigation to solve this 28. Murder continues this year will take place on its territory.
The 47-year-old man was found injured by emergency services at around 10 a.m. at the intersection of Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest and Rue Jeanne-Mance, near Place des Arts and Place des Festivals. Emergency.
The SPVM quickly confirmed that he had suffered injuries to his upper body from a sharp object.
In the middle of the afternoon, Montreal police confirmed they were investigating an armed stabbing in this case. Then, a few hours later, that investigation became a murder investigation as the man succumbed to his injuries in the hospital.
The investigation has been transferred to the SPVM’s major crimes unit, said Agent Jean-Pierre Brabant, spokesman for the Montreal police.
According to the investigators’ initial findings, it was a conflict that escalated between the victim and another person. Police were still searching for a suspect in the case, so no arrests had been made as of 5 p.m.
Investigators are already on site, where a command post has been set up. Investigators are assisted by forensic identification technicians to analyze the crime scene, obtain additional information and view surveillance cameras to find out more about the circumstances [obtenir des] Agent Brabant added details of the suspect allegedly involved in this incident.
This is the 28th murder on the island of Montreal in 2023. The number of murders jumped last week when the SPVM confirmed that the fire in a heritage building in Old Montreal in March was of criminal origin. The seven victims of this fire were therefore included in the list of murder victims.