Overview
- Police responded at about 4 a.m. on July 27 after a 911 call reported a man lying unconscious on a Saint-Léonard street.
- Officers pronounced the 52-year-old victim dead at the scene from a suspected sharp-object injury, which was ruled a homicide.
- The Major Crimes Unit has taken over the inquiry into Montreal’s 23rd homicide of the year and has made no arrest in the killing.
- A 31-year-old man was arrested shortly after 4:30 a.m. in connection with a residential break-in near the crime scene and is scheduled to appear in the Court of Quebec.
- Police spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils said investigators are still assessing whether the break-in suspect is linked to the stabbing.