Violent assault in Montreal now a homicide after victim succumbs to injuries

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 27, 2025 9:41 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

A 54-year-old antheral has succumbed to injuries days aft being assaulted successful Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough. 

On Monday astatine astir 1:30 a.m., officers with the Service de constabulary de la Ville de Montréal responding to a 911 telephone recovered the victim, who was bleeding profusely and already being treated by paramedics adjacent the country of Park Avenue and Milton Street. 

He was rushed to infirmary wherever helium remained successful captious information for respective days. The 54-year-old died connected Saturday.

A fewer hours aft the assault, constabulary arrested a 34-year-old man, who volition apt look caller charges successful transportation with the incident.

On Friday, Montreal constabulary reported the 11th homicide of the twelvemonth connected its territory, but the 54-year-old man's decease is being logged arsenic this year's 10th homicide adjacent though he died connected Saturday.

That's due to the fact that the deadly battle took place earlier the city's astir caller sidesplitting and constabulary accidental they knew the unfortunate would yet dice owed to the severity of his injuries.

Police besides accidental nary limb was utilized successful the attack.