La Presse looked into the killing of Thomas Trudel, the teenager gunned down in St‑Michel on Sunday evening on his way home after hanging out in a park with some friends. As far as it goes, it doesn’t seem like the 16‑year‑old had shady associates, and the theory is floated that he was killed in error. There have been no arrests.
Mayor Plante promised that the motive for the shooting would be figured out and also vowed to put more pressure on Ottawa over guns.
Update: Toula Drimonis points out that the police view that Thomas Trudel can’t have been in a gang is, in itself, a form of institutional racism. Trudel was white.
Another update: François Legault is wringing his hands over Trudel’s death in a way he notably didn’t over Jannai Dopwell-Bailey’s. It’s also an opportunity for Legault and Geneviève Guilbault to blame Ottawa for guns being trafficked into Quebec.
Footnote: That link to Legault saying “je ne reconnais pas Montréal” remains the same but now points to another story. QMI also has a je ne reconnais pas piece.
Jebediah Pallendrome 17:26 on 2021-11-17 Permalink
Papa Doc Frank Lego and Je ne Vive Gullible would like to insist the Guerre des Motards never happened.