Police say teen wanted in West Island homicide escaped from custody
Montreal police say a youth who was arrested in connection with the killing of a 42-year-old man in the West Island last February has escaped from custody in Ontario.
The 16-year-old suspect escaped from custody on Sunday while being held in a youth correctional facility in Petersburg, Ont., according to a news release from Montreal police. While he was already in jail in Kitchener, he was arrested on July 18 in connection with the homicide in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Feb. 6.
That evening, shortly before 6 p.m., the victim was shot multiple times in the parking lot of a shopping centre near the corner of des Sources and Brunswick boulevards. Two suspects fled the scene in a stolen vehicle before officers arrived.
A man is dead after a shooting in the parking lot of a shopping plaza in Dollard-des-Ormeaux. (Olivia O'Malley/CTV News)
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene and his death marked the city's fifth homicide of the year.
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