A woman feared for her life Friday morning when a driver pointed a gun in her direction in the middle of Highway 20 in Montreal and then opened fire on her car. Fortunately, the victim was not injured.
The traumatic event occurred, to say the least, around 9 a.m. on the west of the island of Montreal.
The woman, in her mid-thirties, had just exited the Dorval roundabout onto Highway 20 East when a vehicle approached her.
According to our information, the driver of the vehicle pulled out a gun and pointed it at the woman. Three or four shots were reportedly fired in the direction of the small gray Honda Civic. At least two of them broke through the passenger side window of the car.
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In a panic, the woman managed to escape before taking the exit to 32nd Avenue in the Lachine sector, where she stopped to call 911.
Miraculously, the victim was uninjured, but still suffered a nervous shock.
His vehicle was quickly towed so that investigations could be carried out over the next few hours.
The suspect had still not been found by mid-morning.
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According to our information, the victim told the police that it was a case of road violence, but the authorities do not rule out the possibility that this could be a possible domestic violence incident.
An investigation has been launched at the Sûreté du Québec to shed light on this story.
The images from the surveillance cameras will be viewed by investigators throughout the day and witnesses still need to be interviewed.