{"id":840831,"date":"2026-08-01T17:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T17:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/840831\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T17:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T17:53:09","slug":"montreal-police-investigating-gunshot-fired-in-saint-leonard-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/840831\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal police investigating gunshot fired in Saint-Leonard overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal police (SPVM) are investigating after a gunshot woke several residents in Saint-Leonard borough overnight.<\/p>\n<p>SPVM received a 911 call shortly before 1 a.m. reporting a gunshot being heard near the intersection of Li\u00e9nart and La Dauversi\u00e8re streets.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, they did not find any victims or suspect. However, they located a shell casing on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to initial reports, the gunshot may possibly have been fired from a moving vehicle that fled the scene before police arrived,\u201d said SPVM spokesperson Caroline Ch\u00e8vrefils.<\/p>\n<p>A security perimeter has been set up in the area to examine the scene. Investigators will also review surveillance camera footage from the area.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782077411_500_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montreal police (SPVM) are investigating after a gunshot woke several residents in Saint-Leonard borough overnight. SPVM received a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-840831","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\/840831","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=840831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}