MONTREAL - A rare civic funeral is to be held Monday for the man who died in a shooting at a party celebrating the Parti Quebecois election victory.
The funeral for stagehand Denis Blanchette will be held at St. Donat Church in Montreal.
A news release from the provincial government says the flag at the Quebec legislature will fly at half-mast.
Blanchette died when a gunman opened fire at the PQ victory celebration -- a second person was wounded.
Blanchette was a freelance stagehand who made $15 an hour and was filling in for colleagues on the day of the shooting.
Civic funerals are usually reserved for public figures as well as police officers slain in the line of duty.
