Police arrest one man days after alleged homicide in Laurentians region

Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a man who was killed in the Laurentians region of Quebec earlier this week. A Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

MONTREAL — 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.

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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.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 31.

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