Two men in their 20s were killed after the car they were in crashed into a tree in Montreal, within an hour of two drive-by shootings.
Montreal police (SPVM) responded to the scene of the crash on St. Zotique Street and 20th Avenue in the Little Maghreb neighbourhood of the Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension borough.
Shortly before that, a 41-year-old man was shot in a drive-by shooting on Pie-IX Boulevard while behind the wheel of his car. He was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover.
A second shooting resulted in a 58-year-old’s rear window being shattered on St. Joseph Boulevard in the Plateau. He was uninjured.
The crash involving a RAV4 hitting a tree on St. Zotique resulted in one death on the scene, while the other was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
“A road accident left two victims, one of whom was unfortunately dead when paramedics arrived,” wrote Urgences-sante on X.
The second victim …