A 28-year-old young man was shot and killed shortly following leaving a family party overnight from Saturday to today, during a new episode of violence in Laval.
The event took place around 1 a.m. today on boulevard Curé-Labelle, very close to boulevard Le Carrefour, in the Chomedey district.
Photo Agence QMI, Thierry Laforce
The driver of a black Dodge Charger was fatally hit by projectiles while driving down this commercial artery, just meters from the Paragon reception hall, which he had just left.
His death was pronounced on the spot. According to police sources relayed by The Pressthe victim would be Junior Lemoyne Printemps.
Like the other passengers in the vehicle riddled with bullets, he was not known to police circles.
This is the second murder to occur on Laval territory since the beginning of the year.
Photo Agence QMI, Thierry Laforce
The body of the victim was still at the scene around 10:30 a.m., under the eyes of customers from surrounding stores that had opened their doors.
Injured passengers
A 14-year-old boy, who was sitting in the back of the car, was seriously injured by projectiles.
“He is completely out of danger, but he will remain with serious consequences,” said Stéphanie Beshara, spokesperson for the Laval police department.
The other two occupants of the car, a woman in her thirties and a 16-year-old boy, were taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
No arrests had been made this evening in this case.
red-light district
Last year, 43 discharges of firearms were recorded by the Laval police on its territory, according to data obtained by The newspapermore than double than two years earlier.
Of this number, 64% occurred in the Chomedey sector, where a quarter of Laval residents live.
Some residents of the neighborhood are therefore worried regarding the resurgence of incidents near their homes.
Evemarie Deschenes, who lives near the scene of today’s shooting, was not surprised by the news.
” My son [de 13 ans], I don’t leave him outside following 8 p.m. The reason I give him is exactly that,” she says.
Shooting in Montreal
In parallel, a rally taking place in the industrial zone of the Borough of Saint-Laurentin Montreal, degenerated and injured two by gunshot this morning.
A 30-year-old man was discovered on Hickmore Street, near Merizzi Street, around 4 a.m. by Montreal police. He was transported to a hospital, but there are no fears for his life.
A 22-year-old man, the second victim, went to a hospital on his own and his life is not in danger.
