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Globe and Mail
21-06-2025
- Globe and Mail
Quebec man found guilty in 2023 truck attack that killed three
A Quebec man has been found guilty of three counts of 1st degree murder in the deaths of three men he struck with his truck. Steeve Gagnon learned his fate following two days of deliberation by the jury, who found him guilty on all counts. Gagnon was on trial for three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder of nine other people in March 2023, in Amqui, about 350 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. The Crown had argued the acts that led to the deaths were intentional and premeditated, saying he had formed and adapted a plan that resulted in pedestrians being run down on the road as he accelerated his truck onto the sidewalk. The accused, meanwhile, had argued the deaths were an accident in a moment of inattention when he picked up an e-cigarette from the cab of his truck.
CBC
20-05-2025
- CBC
Man charged with 1st-degree murder in 2022 Montréal-Nord shooting
A 20-year-old man has been charged with 1st-degree murder in connection with the 2022 fatal shooting of 26-year-old Jayson Colin in Montréal-Nord, according to Quebec's prosecution office. In an email, a spokesperson for the Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales (DPCP) says the man was a minor at the time of the incident and has been charged in youth court. The accused also faces a charge of attempted murder with a firearm. This comes after Montreal police arrested three men Friday. In a news release, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) said it worked with provincial police, the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), to apprehend the suspects in a shooting that left one man dead and another, 25, injured. The shooting happened on Aug. 10, 2022. At around 10:25 p.m., two armed suspects reportedly opened fire on a group of men talking in a high school parking lot near P.-M.-Favier Avenue and Charny Street before fleeing, the release said. The 26-year-old man later died in hospital from his injuries, marking Montreal's 19th homicide of that year. The suspects arrested are 20, 23 and 24 years old. In the news release, police said the 20-year-old was a minor at the time of the shooting. The shooting rocked the community and left the victims' family searching for answers. At an August 2022 news conference, Colin's parents said he had dreams of founding his own community organization to make hockey more accessible for kids in the neighbourhood. The sport was a struggle for his family to afford while he was growing up, his mother, Ronide Casseus, said. "He was crazy about hockey, he could talk about it for hours, even if you didn't care," she said sitting alongside his stepfather, Roberson Berlus. The investigation into the homicide and attempted murder is ongoing, police say.
