UPDATE: 16-year-old who had 'a brilliant future forward of him' dies after stabbing close to Montreal-area faculty
A 16-year-old boy who was stabbed close to a Montreal highschool Tuesday afternoon is in essential situation however steady, in accordance with Montreal police, and three teenage suspects have been arrested.
A second boy was additionally despatched to hospital with stab wounds however his life just isn't at risk.
Police say a dispute between two teams of individuals at about 2:40 pm led to the primary boy’s stabbing on Broadview Ave. close to John Fisher Avenue in Pointe-Claire.
Previous to the incident, the suspects have been all recognized to one another however to not police, officers mentioned.
“In line with the primary data that we obtained, it was an altercation between two teams and whereas the altercation was ongoing, the sufferer was injured within the higher physique by a pointy object," mentioned Montreal police spokesperson Veronique Comtois.
A driver passing by noticed the sufferer and picked him as much as assist him, however first responders then arrived and rushed him to the hospital.
As of Wednesday noon, the boy stays in essential situation with stab wounds to the higher physique, police mentioned, although he is now thought-about steady.
One of many boys arrested, age 16, appeared in courtroom on Wednesday and has a bail listening to set for Thursday morning.
The opposite two accused, ages 16 and 17, have been launched on the promise to look at a later date.
Seven expenses have been laid in whole: two counts of tried homicide, two counts of assault, one rely of possession of a weapon, one rely conspiracy to commit homicide, an one rely of conspiracy to commit assault.
The scene is subsequent to St-Thomas Excessive Faculty, though police say the stabbing came about off faculty property, on the road.
A primary particular person was reported arrested round 6 p.m., and police later mentioned they'd arrested two others.
Late at evening, police mentioned they'd realized new data: that a second teenager, age 15, was additionally in hospital to deal with accidents brought on by a pointy object. His accidents aren't life threatening.
"Investigative parts counsel that there's a hyperlink between this sufferer and the occasions in Pointe-Claire," mentioned Comtois, however investigators have not but been capable of make clear the character of his involvement, she mentioned.
The Lester B. Pearson Faculty Board mentioned it couldn't affirm if the primary sufferer was a pupil of the varsity, however did say that a number of the college students concerned have been from St-Thomas.
The college might be closed on Wednesday in wake of the assault. Faculty board spokesperson Darren Becker mentioned earlier Tuesday that lessons would resume as regular, with assist out there for anybody who witnessed the occasion or who wants counselling. However later within the night, dad and mom have been notified in an e mail that the varsity might be closed because the investigation continues.
Some college students did witness the occasion, or no less than the speedy aftermath, one pupil instructed CTV Information.
"The academics have been solely saying it was some sort of commotion. I walked by the window and it is only a mess of buses and college students on the window," mentioned one Grade 8 pupil at St-Thomas.
"I did not know what was taking place, so I circled and went again to what I used to be doing. After which after I heard everybody was crying and somebody really received harm."
The incident comes after a spate of violence, a lot of it deadly, involving Montreal youngsters.
In late October one other 16-year-old, Jannai Dopwell-Bailey, was stabbed to demise outdoors his highschool in Cote-des-Neiges. Police additionally arrested and charged youngsters in that case, together with one minor.
Thomas Trudel, additionally 16, was fatally shot in St-Michel in late November.
Extra lately, 17-year-old Amir Benayad died after being shot on a nook within the Plateau.
Police say anybody with data on Tuesday's stabbing is urged to name 911 or attain out anonymously and confidentially to Data-Crime at 514-393-1133.
--With recordsdata from CTV Montreal's Luca Caruso-Moro, Max Harrold and Angela Mackenzie, and from The Canadian Press
Police on the scene of a stabbing of 16-year-old boy in Pointe-Claire on Feb. 8, 2022. (CTV Information)
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