A man in his 30s with psychosis stabbed four people on Sunday morning, killing at least one.
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The other three were seriously injured. One of them lay between life and death.
The tragic event allegedly took place around 6:50 a.m. According to initial information from the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), the young man, in an apartment on rue Drummond, first injured his mother and his beau. -dad. Then he went to another apartment and injured a third person and a security guard who wanted to intervene.
The death of one of the victims, the 72-year-old father-in-law, was found on the spot.
“The other three were transported to a hospital, where one of them is in critical condition. The condition of the other two has stabilized,” added SPVM spokesperson Mariane Allaire-Morin.
The 30-year-old was arrested on the spot and taken to a detention center for questioning. The scene was protected by a security perimeter to allow investigators to better understand the circumstances of the event.
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This is the 13th murder in Montreal since the start of 2022.