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it was a busy night for montreal police — arson, fire bomb, gunfire

there were two suspicious car fires, an incendiary device tossed into a business and shots fired at a bar.

by susan schwartz, montreal gazette

aug 25 2024
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it was a busy night for montreal police — arson, fire bomb, gunfire
allen mcinnis / montreal gazette files
montreal police are investigating two suspicious car fires overnight saturday to sunday, an incendiary device tossed into a business in plateau mont-royal and at least one projectile impact found in the front window of a bar in lasalle.

at about 12:45 a.m., a fire caused major damage to an suv parked in a driveway on small st. near st-louis st. in the borough of st-laurent. no incendiary object was found, but there is reason to believe arson was involved, said montreal police spokesperson jean-pierre brabant, and the case was transferred to the arson squad.

then at about 4:45 a.m., there was a fire in an suv parked near the entrance to a private residence on elm ave., near holton ave., in westmount. for now, no incendiary object has been found, but the vehicle was a total loss, brabant said, and the case has been transferred to the arson squad to determine the circumstances of the event. there was no damage to the property.
at about 3:30 a.m. sunday, an incendiary object was thrown into the entrance of a business on st-andré st. and roy st. in plateau mont-royal. no one was injured and there was only minor damage to the door, brabant said. the case was transferred to the arson squad and investigators were onsite sunday morning.

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at least one projectile impact was found in the window of a bar on dollard ave., near réjeanne st., in the borough of lasalle, as well as a bullet casing on the ground in front of the bar, brabant said. there were no injuries. it is not known precisely when the gunshots were fired, he said.
dollard was closed southbound on sunday morning between réjeanne st. and lithuania st. as police investigators and crime-scene technicians were at the site to go door-to-door and view video surveillance tapes in a bid to analyze and understand the circumstances of the event. the street has reopened and the investigation continues.
susan schwartz, montreal gazette
susan schwartz, montreal gazette

we used typewriters when i started at the gazette, and big black rotary phones. nearly everyone smoked. today’s newsroom looks different but the work – reporting and informing my readers – remains constant and rewarding. i am grateful to my adviser at mcgill, where i was a neurobiology major, for steering me to journalism. undoubtedly, he realized i wasn’t cut out for neurobiology.

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