Murder in Ahuntsic-Cartierville: the identified victim
The 57-year-old man killed early this morning in a large apartment building in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville sector is Bruno Turcotte, La Presse learned . Mr. Turcotte was known to the police for narcotics.
In January 2016, he was sentenced to nine months in prison, with a three-year probation period, for a drug possession and trafficking case.
He was attacked around 7:20 am in a building located at 10, boulevard Henri-Bourassa West, at the corner of boulevard Saint-Laurent.
"Neighbors have contacted 911 for a fight in a fourth-floor apartment. When the police came to the scene, they found a bleeding man in the hallway. The ambulance technicians were called and the victim lost consciousness during transport. When he arrived at the hospital, his death was noted, "says SPVM officer Jean-Pierre Brabant.
According to our information, the man displayed several open wounds in the upper body. The police do not know how the man was killed, whether the wounds were made by a firearm, stab or other object. An autopsy will be performed to determine it.
For the moment, the police have not mentioned any description of a suspect or suspects. Neighbors heard noises but did not see anything. Videos captured by surveillance cameras will, however, be viewed by SPVM Major Crime investigators who also carried out door-to-door interviews with neighbors.
This is the 21 th murder in Montreal this year, compared to 16 for the same period last year.
