Montreal police say they have opened a homicide investigation into the “suspicious” death following the discovery of a dead body early Sunday in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough.
Authorities say a 911 call was placed around 5 a.m. after the victim, a 33-year-old man, was discovered by a passer-by on Parc Avenue near the Mont-Royal Avenue intersection.
Emergency services crews administered CPR, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
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SPVM spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant says the investigation was transferred to the police force’s major crimes unit.
This is Montreal’s 10th reported homicide of 2024.
No arrests have been made and a perimeter has been marked off around the area where the man’s body was found while police investigate.
A command post was dispatched to the scene along with forensic investigators.
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Montreal police investigate city’s ninth homicide of 2024
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