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Montreal police responded to the report of a shooting at the intersection of Shelley Avenue and Crémazie Boulevard on May 11th at 4:25pm.

Police arrived to find Sébastien Giroux suffering from gunshot injuries. He was pronounced at the scene.

Update July 21st 2026: Lee Van Smath Germain, has been arrested in Burnaby, B.C., after investigators discovered he had ties to the province. Three people were charged in the case in January 2026, but Germain was the only one not arrested at that time.

Working together, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C., Montreal police, and Metro Vancouver Transit Police located Germain at a Burnaby home on July 15 and arrested him on an outstanding warrant. He was held at the Burnaby RCMP detachment before being returned to Quebec to face the murder charge.