{"id":532580,"date":"2026-03-13T00:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532580\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T00:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:49:18","slug":"man-arrested-in-connection-with-homicide-at-montreal-depanneur-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532580\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in connection with homicide at Montreal d\u00e9panneur, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Montreal police say a man in his 30s has been arrested after a man in his 50s was killed inside a business in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough Thursday morning. <\/p>\n

Police said the incident occurred around 7:30 a.m. inside a d\u00e9panneur on Berri Street near Saint-Joseph Boulevard. The victim was declared dead at the scene. <\/p>\n

Investigators cordoned off the corner store, Fleur Bleue, located next to Laurier Metro station. <\/p>\n

More than 12 hours later, the police perimeter remained extensive as the investigation continued. Police say the suspect is expected to appear in court Friday morning. <\/p>\n

Authorities said the suspect fled the scene after the killing. A surveillance image obtained by Radio-Canada appears to show the suspect carrying a green Dollarama bag while waiting for a train at Beaudry station. <\/p>\n

\"man\"A man carrying a Dollarama bag is seen waiting for the Metro at Beaudry station on Thursday morning. (Name withheld)<\/p>\n

Police officers scoured the Metro system, searching trains and stations throughout the morning. Police say they received calls from citizens reporting the suspect’s presence at multiple scenes.<\/p>\n

Shortly before noon, they said they had arrested the suspect at Complexe Desjardins.<\/p>\n

As of 8 p.m., police said Papineau station was reopened after a full-day closure. <\/p>\n

Maxime Durocher witnessed the arrest. He said a large group of police officers swarmed the suspect.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was 20 to 30 cops that were around here,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was too many cops for him to even move.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the arrest, the suspect\u2019s green Dollarama bag sat on a table inside the atrium at the shopping mall. It appears to be stained with blood. Bloodstains also marked a table in the atrium and a blood-soaked piece of gauze was on a nearby bench.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"bagA Dollarama bag sat on a bench in the atrium of Complexe Desjardins after police officers arrested a man there in connection with a homicide. (Simon-Marc Charron\/Radio-Canada)<\/p>\n

At Laurier station, people who said they knew the victim, who has yet to be officially identified, described him as a kind person. He worked in the d\u00e9panneur near the Metro station and was known to people in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m emotional,\u201d said Fadil Maliki, who runs a shop inside Laurier station and said he knew the victim. \u201cHe was a good person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Montreal police said the man’s death marks the fifth homicide on their territory since the start of the year. Police say the investigation is ongoing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-532580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}