Man charged with 1st-degree murder in 2022 Montréal-Nord shooting
Accused was a minor at time of alleged crime, faces charges in youth court
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.
Anyone with information is asked to contact 911 or their local police station. Those wishing to share information anonymously can call Info-Crime Montréal at 514-393-1133 or file a report at infocrimemontreal.ca.