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Montreal police say street fight that killed 3 young people was not gang-related
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-police-say-street-fight-that-killed-3-young-people-was-not-gang-related-1.6897239(2:10 min. video at link)
Montreal police say street fight that killed 3 young people was not gang-related
Joe Lofaro
CTVNewsMontreal.ca Digital Reporter
Published May 22, 2024 8:07 p.m. EDT
A violent brawl that ended with the stabbing deaths of three young people, including a 15-year-old boy, in Montreal Tuesday evening was not related to street gangs, but rather a "personal conflict," police say.
After getting several 911 calls at around 7 p.m., police said that the three people were sent to hospital in critical condition after a conflict in an alleyway on Rachel Street between Saint-Andre and Mentana streets in the city's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough. On Wednesday morning, police confirmed that they all had died. The other two victims were 23 and 25 years old.
No arrests have been made as of Wednesday evening as major crime investigators try to piece together what happened.
'Montreal is pretty safe,' police say after 7 homicides in 10 days
"[It was a] conflict that degenerated that unfortunately led to the deaths of three people, including a 15-year-old teenager," said Cmdr. Jean-Sébastien Caron, head of the major crimes unit, at a news conference on Wednesday. "The people who died participated in the conflict, so we're trying to figure out who did what."
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Joe Lofaro
CTVNewsMontreal.ca Digital Reporter
Published May 22, 2024 8:07 p.m. EDT
A violent brawl that ended with the stabbing deaths of three young people, including a 15-year-old boy, in Montreal Tuesday evening was not related to street gangs, but rather a "personal conflict," police say.
After getting several 911 calls at around 7 p.m., police said that the three people were sent to hospital in critical condition after a conflict in an alleyway on Rachel Street between Saint-Andre and Mentana streets in the city's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough. On Wednesday morning, police confirmed that they all had died. The other two victims were 23 and 25 years old.
No arrests have been made as of Wednesday evening as major crime investigators try to piece together what happened.
'Montreal is pretty safe,' police say after 7 homicides in 10 days
"[It was a] conflict that degenerated that unfortunately led to the deaths of three people, including a 15-year-old teenager," said Cmdr. Jean-Sébastien Caron, head of the major crimes unit, at a news conference on Wednesday. "The people who died participated in the conflict, so we're trying to figure out who did what."
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