Police arrest suspects in Que., Ont. and B.C. in connection to 3 Montreal-area homicides

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· Posted: Dec 11, 2024 12:18 PM EST | Last Updated: December 11, 2024

Police person arrested 5 radical successful Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia in transportation with 3 abstracted homicides successful the Montreal country successful the past 2 years.

Montreal constabulary accidental the individuals, aged 26 to 35, were arrested aft operations in Montreal, Sherbrooke, Que., Cambridge, Ont., and Kamloops, B.C. Two of the 5 were already successful detention successful the Montreal area.

The homicides successful question took spot betwixt June 2023 and May of this year.

In June 2023, a 32-year-old antheral was changeable and killed successful Charlemagne, northeast of Montreal. Police accidental the probe truthful acold indicates the antheral was a unfortunate of mistaken identity.

On Aug. 7, 2023, a 28-year-old antheral died from gunshot wounds after helium was recovered unconscious connected a sidewalk connected Ste-Catherine Street successful downtown Montreal.

On May 14, 2024, a antheral died aft being changeable connected Parc Avenue adjacent Legendre Street successful Montreal's Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough. A month later, Montreal constabulary arrested 2 suspects successful transportation to the lawsuit and a 3rd idiosyncratic is inactive being sought.

Three of the suspects are owed to look successful a Montreal courtroom betwixt present and Thursday. Authorities program to transport the different 2 suspects to Montreal to look charges.