Man gets nine years over street shooting
A man whose friend was the shooter in a 2022 murder was sentenced to nine years for involuntary homicide this week.
It’s not clear to me how a person can be locked up for being present when a friend shoots somebody, so there must be more to the story than is told here.
Nicholas 00:50 on 2025-10-10 Permalink
Story seems pretty clear. The guy wanted to go to a party, his friends said don’t go because this guy you have a beef with is there and you’ll get in a fight, he said fine I’ll go anyway but I’ll bring my friend with a gun, they got in a fight, the friend used the gun to shoot the guy. Oh and there were a lot of drugs involved.
Like I was saying just a few posts ago, one could argue this was an accident, at least with respect to this guy. He didn’t intend to kill anyone. Maybe he just wanted to scare the other guy, or show him how tough he was, or protect himself. But instead of trying to avoid a confrontation, he went out of his way to precipitate one, and ensured a loaded firearm came along with all the drugs. He took reckless actions that any reasonable person could have predicted might result in someone’s death. And then it did. Oops.
H. John 13:11 on 2025-10-10 Permalink
The original report, when he was found guilty back in February, provided more details his participation:
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-faits-divers/2025-02-17/un-homme-coupable-d-homicide-involontaire/j-ai-troue-quelqu-un-et-ce-n-est-pas-fini.php
H. John 13:23 on 2025-10-10 Permalink
And if you have spare time, here’s the very long decision (close to 50 pages) explaining how the judge reached the conclusion that:
“Ayant considéré l’ensemble de la preuve, le Tribunal conclut que le poursuivant s’est déchargé de son fardeau de prouver hors de tout doute raisonnable que M. Barthelus a commis un homicide involontaire coupable à l’endroit de M. Marquez par le biais de sa participation à un projet illicite commun.
Le Tribunal est convaincu hors de tout doute raisonnable que l’accusé savait que son ami avait une arme à feu et que son utilisation pour repousser les actions de Gucci faisait partie du plan.”
https://citoyens.soquij.qc.ca/php/decision.php?ID=0A26CFD88CFBF4FC0B55B30FE3334B4C
Kate 16:34 on 2025-10-10 Permalink
Thank you, H. John. I’ll add it to my “to read” pile…