Laval police parked a command post outside College Montmorency Friday with hopes to shed light on the shooting that sent four to hospital and pushed the school into lockdown. Meanwhile, Dawson College sent out a memo to students and staff on shooter preparedness, and Quebec s education minister pondered bumping up training in schools.
Four people were injured and sent to hospital after a shooting near the Collège Montmorency in Laval, police say. The shooting took place in a green space near the college, according to Laval Police spokesperson Geneviève Major. Police set up a perimeter around the school which called a lockdown as officers searched for at least one suspect.
At least three people have been injured in a shooting near a Laval CÉGEP. Local police put Collège Montmorency under lockdown, preventing students and professors from leaving, as an investigation is underway. Officers were called to a nearby Laval park on Friday evening around 5:30 p.m. after gunshots were heard.
At least one of the young men injured in Friday s shooting near a Laval junior college is believed to be affiliated with a street gang, police confirmed at a press conference Saturday.
Laval police (SPL) Chief Pierre Brochet said the victim could be linked to the Flamehead Boys gang, a group active on Laval territory.
At least one of the young men injured in Friday s shooting near a Laval junior college is believed to be affiliated with a street gang, police confirmed at a press conference Saturday.
Laval police (SPL) Chief Pierre Brochet said the victim could be linked to the Flamehead Boys gang, a group active on Laval territory.