Teen arrested after gunshot outside Laval high school

Laval police have arrested a 17-year-old male after a shot was fired outside a school in the Sainte-Rose district yesterday afternoon.

It happened as people were leaving class at the Pavillon Latour of Curé-Antoine-Labelle high school.

Police say a car with several young people pulled up in the parking lot of the school and two teens got out of the vehicle.

According to Stéphanie Beshara, a spokesperson for Laval police, a fight broke out between the people who had left the vehicle and a couple of students exiting the school.

One the students was injured and when a friend tried to come to his defence, one of the suspects fired a gun into the air. No one was hit.

The victim was transported to hospital after being injured in the fight. His life isn't in danger. 

All of the people involved in the fight were 17 years old.

Police say the incident was based on an existing conflict.

"Was it going on between the two of them or somebody that they knew and they sent them, it's hard to explain," Beshara said. 

"You can send somebody to go talk to somebody. Maybe they didn't know each other, but they were sent by somebody else." 

Police say there were several witnesses who gave a description of the suspects' vehicle and licence plate number.

They later tracked down the vehicle in Laval's Sainte-Dorothée neighbourhood, and the suspect was questioned overnight. He was arrested for assault and attempted kidnapping. 

Police say there could still be more arrests.