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The Dominican Republic national police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old Quebecer who was shot and killed early Monday morning in the province of Puerto Plata.<\/p>\n
Tristan Primeaux-Poitras died at the Centro Medico Bournigal, the health centre where he was receiving care, according to Diego Pesqueira, a spokesperson for the country’s national police service. <\/p>\n
Based on preliminary information, the young man was travelling with his 26-year-old brother and both were staying at a hotel.<\/p>\n
According to the police spokesperson, his brother told investigators they had left the hotel around 4 a.m. on a scooter to buy food. Twenty minutes later on their way back, they were allegedly chased by two individuals on a motorcycle.<\/p>\n
According to a forensic pathology report, the teen sustained a gunshot wound to the left side of his body. <\/p>\n
The municipality of Sainte-Julienne, located 70 kilometres north of Montreal, posted a tribute to Primeaux-Poitras on Facebook and identified him as one of their residents. <\/p>\n
“We offer our most sincere condolences to his family and his loved ones and anyone affected by this tragedy,” read the post. <\/p>\n
Investigators visited the scene to gather evidence, including photographs and fingerprints, said the spokesperson for the Dominican Republic’s police force.<\/p>\n
No suspects have been arrested and the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n
The spokesperson added that the victim’s body was transferred to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences in Santiago for further examination.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Global Affairs Canada told CBC News it was aware that a Canadian citizen had died in the Dominican Republic. It said it was in touch with local authorities and offering consular assistance to the deceased’s family. <\/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":560624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-560623","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\/560623","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=560623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}