A 69-year-old man was injured in an attempted murder Wednesday afternoon in the Rivière-des-Prairies neighborhood in Montreal. However, we do not fear for his life, said the Police Department of the City of Montreal (SPVM).
A call was made to 911 around 4:30 p.m. for gunshots heard on Boulevard Gouin Est, near Avenue Paul-Dufault. Upon arrival at the scene, the police located « several casings ”as well as a bullet impact on one of the vehicles parked on Boulevard Gouin Est, said the SPVM.
A man then presented to a hospital with gunshot wounds to his upper body.
Investigators and forensic identification technicians were sent to analyze the scene. A perimeter has been set up on the premises.