The Montreal daily La Presse reported on Saturday morning that a man who was shot Friday evening near the corner of RenĂ© Laennec Blvd. and Namur St. in Laval’s Vimont district is a known cocaine dealer with connections to organized crime and biker gangs.
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The Laval Police responded to the scene (identified in another news report as being on nearby Place de la Fagnolle) Friday around 8 pm, after learning that a man in his 50s was lying on the ground not far from Cité de la Santé Hospital after being shot.
On Saturday morning, La Presse identified the victim as StĂ©phane Dupuis, saying that he was “known to police,” and that he had served 35 months in prison after being convicted of cocaine trafficking and gangsterism.