Police are investigating what they are describing as an attempted murder after a shooting in Montreal North Friday afternoon.
Montreal police spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant said several 911 calls reporting the sound of gunshots on Pascale street Jubinville Avenue were logged at around 5:25 p.m.
When officers arrived at the scene, they located a man in his 30s with a gunshot wound to the upper body.
“He was hit by at least one projectile,” Brabant said.
The victim was taken to hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
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