A 56-year-old man who was allegedly stabbed to death by his neighbor Wednesday evening has become the first murder victim of the year in Greater Montreal.
In the middle of the evening, citizens contacted 911 to report a violent altercation between two individuals inside an apartment building on Saint-Gérald Street, in the LeMoyne district.
“The argument degenerated and the suspect then physically attacked the victim,” said agent Jacqueline Pierre, spokesperson for the Longueuil police.
Erik Peters / Agence QMI
According to our information, the 68-year-old suspect grabbed a knife and stabbed his neighbor to death.
The victim was quickly treated by paramedics, who rushed him to hospital. The fifty-year-old, however, died later in the evening.
As for the suspect, the police arrested him at the scene of the murder.
Erik Peters / Agence QMI
He was met by investigators during the evening of Wednesday and was to be formally charged with murder on Thursday.
As of Thursday morning, Longueuil police investigators, assisted by forensic identification technicians, were still inside the home where the bloody attack took place, looking for evidence.
Erik Peters / Agence QMI
The police confirm that they have already had to intervene in this building, without however specifying the nature of the intervention.
It was the first murder to be committed in Greater Montreal in 2025 and the second to take place in the province.
Tuesday, a 63-year-old man was found lifeless in his residence in Saint-Thuribe, a small municipality located in the MRC of Portneuf. First considered a suspicious death, the case is now being treated as a murder, according to the Sûreté du Québec.
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