Montreal Homicide #8 – 23-year-old man dead after drive-by shooting in Pierrefonds

Montreal Emergency crews responded to the report of a vehicle crash on June 12th in Pierrefonds.

Police believe the victim’s vehicle was parked on Dauville St. while both the driver and the passenger, who is also 23, were consuming drugs. A second vehicle drove by and opened fire in the driver’s direction of the parked vehicle, before fleeing the scene.

The injured driver attempted to drive away, however, he lost control and crashed the car into a fence. According to reports the driver was struck in the upper body and was rushed to hospital where he died of his injuries. The passenger of the vehicle was uninjured.

The 2020 Montreal Homicide list is available here.