Raphael Bergeron

By Dan Laxer
The Suburban

A teenager is dead after being stabbed in the evening last Tuesday, April 15, in the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough.

Several calls were made to 911 around 6:00 p.m. reporting an armed attack. When police arrived on the scene, they found the 16-year-old conscious but with severe injuries to his upper body.

The incident occurred at the corner of Barclay and Victoria in Côte-des-Neiges. The teen was rushed to hospital, reportedly losing consciousness in the ambulance. He was pronounced dead early Wednesday morning.

Witnesses say a suspect ran off before the police arrived.

Montreal Police spokesperson Raphael Bergeron confirmed the death as the city’s eighth homicide of the year.

This is, at this point, an ongoing investigation, Bergeron says, as they try to identify a suspect and a motive.

There have been no arrests.

Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante reacted to the murder on her X account, saying “What terrible news. No parent should have to go through something like this. My most sincere thoughts are with the family and the teen’s loved ones.” n