Two nighttime shootings in Montreal leave two men wounded as police probe scenes
Two separate overnight shootings in montreal left two young men injured and prompted forensic searches of crime scenes, police said. The close timing and the presence of physical evidence at both locations have led investigators to treat the incidents as active attempts on the victims’ lives.
Ahuntsic-Cartierville parking lot
Shortly after 9: 45 p. m. ET on Wednesday, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) began searching for the location of a shooting after a 23-year-old man arrived at a regional hospital with wounds to the upper body that may have resulted from a firearm projectile. Medical staff determined the victim’s life was not in danger.
Investigators traced the event to a parking lot near the intersection of Grenet and de Louisbourg in Ahuntsic-Cartierville. On arrival, officers found a vehicle displaying impacts consistent with projectiles and discovered shell casings on the ground. SPVM agent Manuel Couture, a spokesperson for the force, said investigators and forensic technicians attended the scene overnight to analyse the evidence. Early Thursday morning, the SPVM reported no arrests in that matter.
Plateau-Mont-Royal, rue Durocher shooting in Montreal
In a separate incident, the SPVM was alerted by 911 calls shortly after 1 a. m. ET about shots fired on rue Durocher near Sherbrooke Ouest in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough. Officers who arrived located a 24-year-old man who had been struck in the lower body by a projectile. Florence Stafford, a SPVM spokesperson, said the victim was taken into emergency care in a critical state before his condition stabilized at a hospital.
Police said the suspected attacker or attackers fled prior to their arrival and that no arrests had been made. Early investigative steps indicate the shooting may stem from a conflict that escalated between the victim and a person known to him; the SPVM has described that relationship as part of the initial line of inquiry.
Both scenes remain under active investigation. Officers recovered physical evidence at the Ahuntsic-Cartierville location and collected forensic material overnight; investigators in the Plateau-Mont-Royal case are continuing interviews and crime-scene follow-up after the ambulance transfer to hospital.
What makes this notable is the near-concurrent timing of two violent incidents affecting men in their early twenties and the clear, recoverable evidence at the Ahuntsic-Cartierville scene — a combination that gives investigators tangible leads while also raising questions about whether the events are isolated or part of a broader pattern.
The cause-and-effect chain is straightforward: both victims were shot, emergency medical services transported them to hospitals where one was stabilized and the other was not in life-threatening condition, and the SPVM deployed investigators and forensic technicians to secure evidence. Those actions have so far produced physical items — a car with projectile impacts and shell casings — and witness or victim accounts that have shaped the early direction of probes.
Authorities have not announced any charges. The SPVM continues to seek information that could identify the person or people who fired the shots in each incident and is urging anyone with details to come forward to assist the ongoing investigations.
