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1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at Laval, Que., Starbucks
CBC News, RCI
As of Wednesday morning, there was a heavy police presence near a Starbucks in Laval. Photo: Radio-Canada / Simon-Marc Charron
Laval police confirmed they are conducting an operation near Highway 440.
One person was killed and two others were injured in a daylight shooting at a Starbucks in a busy strip mall in Laval, Que., that the authorities said bore the hallmarks of an organized crime hit.
Laval police rushed to the Starbucks, located at the corner of the Highway 440 service road and 100th Avenue, after receiving a 911 call at 10:30 a.
m. ET reporting the shooting. At the time, the busy complex, which also features other restaurants and businesses, was packed with people.
Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière told reporters in Quebec City that one person had been killed and two others injured, but he said the shooting appeared to be a targeted one connected to organized crime and that he didn’t think any innocent victims
had been harmed.
Quebec MNA Christopher Skeete, who represents a riding in Laval, said in a post on X that he had learned of a shooting at a Starbucks.
I have just learned that there has been a shooting in Laval near the Starbucks that I myself frequent quite often,
he said. I urge citizens to avoid the area and know that I am monitoring the situation closely with my colleagues.
This article is republished from RCI.
