Man barricaded inside Quebec home arrested in connection with homicide
CBC News | Posted: March 6, 2025 6:20 PM | Last Updated: March 6
Victim in his 30s died in hospital following an armed assault
A man who barricaded himself inside of a home in Ormstown, Que., overnight was arrested Thursday morning after he was taken to hospital with unspecified injuries.
Quebec provincial police would not comment on his condition but said they did not fear for his life.
Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Éve Brochu-Joubert said the events leading up to the police operation began Wednesday evening, in the neighbouring town of Saint-Chrysostome, near the American border.
According to Brochu-Joubert, officers were called to a home on St-Jean-Baptiste Road at around 9:30 p.m. after an altercation between two individuals.
When police arrived at the scene, they discovered a man in his 30s who was seriously injured.
"He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead," Brochu-Joubert said.
The suspect, she said, fled the scene before the arrival of police, but a man in his 30s was quickly located inside a residence in Ormstown.
"The intervention of several police officers was required," Brochu-Joubert said, adding the incident ended with the man's arrest Thursday morning.
As of noon Thursday, he was still in hospital receiving treatment. Brochu-Joubert said he will be interviewed by investigators as soon as his health permits.
The Sûreté du Québec's major crimes unit is leading the homicide investigation.