(Montreal) Two shootings, which took place within minutes of each other in two different areas of northeast Montreal on Wednesday night, left three injured, including one who is in a hospital in critical condition.
Posted at 6:13am
No arrests had been reported in either case just before dawn on Thursday.
The Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) reports that shortly before 10:30 p.m., two people were hit by gunfire on the grounds of a high school in the Montreal-North neighborhood on rue de Charny, near the intersection of avenue P.- M Favier.
After being alerted by a call to 911, police arrived at the scene and found a 26-year-old man with serious injuries and causing him to be rushed to a hospital in the middle of the night, where his condition was listed as critical was classified , Thursday.
A few minutes later, another 25-year-old man was taken to the hospital for treatment with gunshot wounds. The SPVM has been informed that this man will be rescued.
Police learned four men were talking on school grounds when two armed suspects opened fire on them before fleeing. Police also found bullet hits on parked cars and housing on the ground.
Police investigators will be meeting with witnesses later today to investigate this case.
On the other hand, around the same time, around 10:30 p.m., a young woman was slightly injured when at least one shot was fired in the direction of the vehicle in which she was sitting alone in the Rivière-des-Prairies district.
The SPVM states that the 20-year-old lady was struck by glass fragments caused by a projectile impact on her vehicle.
She had just parked her vehicle in the parking lot of a commercial building at the intersection of avenue J.-J.-Joubert and rue Pierre-Borne when she was the victim of the attack. The shots were reportedly fired from a moving vehicle whose driver fled before police arrived; They had been informed of the shooting by calling 911.
Projectile casings were found on the ground and projectile impacts were noted by the police.
The young victim and witnesses will be questioned by police later Thursday. Investigators and forensic identification technicians must comb the scene of the shooting.