Shooting suspect: a previous incident
La Presse’s Maryssa Ferah tells how Salim Touaibi, accused in the 2021 shooting of teenager Meriem Boundaui, was involved two years earlier in a bizarre incident involving hiding a loaded gun in a restaurant and being found out.
I may be mistaken about this, but this story doesn’t seem to have been revealed as part of an active trial, so it’s not clear how the journalist came by the details except possibly directly from police. There’s a coda about youth packing guns and how gang disputes so often turn to gunfire.
AN 14:42 on 2023-01-05 Permalink
@Kate I might also be misunderstanding but there’s this sentence: “…selon les faits relatés en cour lors de la reconnaissance de culpabilité des accusés.” I thought “en cour” meant “in court”
Kate 15:29 on 2023-01-05 Permalink
Thank you! My eye slid right over that.
Blork 15:49 on 2023-01-05 Permalink
That Moretti restaurant is a real winner. It’s the same place that was shut down for a while in mid-2020 for ignoring COVID health rules, including overcrowding and forcing COVID-positive staff to work while they were sick. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/griffintown-pizzeria-closed-temporarily-because-of-covid-19-concerns
Em 10:42 on 2023-01-06 Permalink
Blork — and Moretti is always packed, so no damage to its reputation apparently.
Kate 11:03 on 2023-01-06 Permalink
Good spot, Blork. Another link on that story.