A 56-year-old man is fighting for his life after being stabbed in the city’s east end on Wednesday evening.
A 911 call was placed at around 8:15 p.m. reporting a person who had possibly been stabbed during an armed assault.
Police say the injured man was found at the corner of Ontario and Dezery streets in the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.
“When officers arrived on scene, they located a man with upper-body injuries caused by a sharp object,” said Jean-Pierre Brabant, spokesperson for the Montreal police service. “The 56-year-old man was transported to hospital, where he remains in critical condition and his life is in danger.”
Police later arrested a woman in her 50s who was located in her vehicle at the corner of Sherbrooke Street and d’Orléans Avenue in the Rosemont borough.
She was taken into custody and transported to a police station, where investigators are expected to question her to better understand her role in the incident.
According to preliminary information, the stabbing occurred after an altercation between the two individuals escalated.
Brabant said investigators have not yet determined the exact location where the altercation took place. Police have established perimeters around two areas: where the victim was found and where the suspect was arrested.
Investigators are expected to meet with witnesses as they work to clarify the circumstances surrounding the attack.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews