Man Arrested Days After Alleged Homicide in Laurentians Region by Police
Police have arrested a 47-year-old man related to an alleged homicide in Quebec’s Laurentians region.
Provincial police began investigating the case on Wednesday after receiving reports of suspected gunshots in Saint-Lin-Laurentides around 3:30 p.m.
The victim, a 51-year-old man, died of gunshot wounds in hospital later that day.
Police arrested the suspect in Saint-Lin-Laurentides, a community about 70 kilometres north of Montreal, on Friday evening.
Quebec provincial police spokesperson Élizabeth Marquis-Guy says he is scheduled to appear in court via videoconference on Saturday.
She says the investigation is ongoing.