A man was gunned down late Thursday night in St. Michel.

Neighbours heard gunshots fired at 10:45 p.m. and called police, who discovered the man lying on the ground near a car.

The 20-year-old victim, known to police, was taken to hospital but he died early Friday morning.

The shooting happened near the St. Michel metro station at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Everett Street.

Police have set up a perimeter for their investigation on Everett St. between 1st Ave. and 6th Ave.

This is the seventh homicide on the island of Montreal in 2015.