The province’s public safety minister stated he was “shocked” Thursday amid experiences {that a} physique believed to be that of a 14-year-old boy was discovered this week close to a Hells Angels hideout close to Quebec Metropolis.
Noovo Information reported that the teenager was from the Montreal space and allegedly recruited by a avenue gang from the area.
In keeping with teenagers interviewed by Noovo Information close to the sufferer’s highschool, the boy had reportedly gone to Quebec’s Beauce area to hold out a contract. His physique was discovered close to the outlaw biker gang’s hideout in Frampton, about 80 kilometres south of Quebec Metropolis.
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) has not but launched the sufferer’s id.
“It is disgusting for avenue gangs to recruit younger individuals, kids, to do their soiled work,” public safety minister François Bonnardel wrote in a put up on X.
“I am reassured to know that the SQ may have a powerful presence in Frampton over the subsequent few days. I’ve each confidence in our provincial police power to hold out the required investigations and reassure the general public in japanese Quebec.”
An SQ spokesperson stated officers have been deployed to make clear the suspicious dying of a male that occurred in a single day on Sept. 16 on Rang 2 in Frampton.
An individual arrested in reference to the dying was launched with a promise to look in court docket at a later date.
In keeping with Noovo Information, figuring out the physique has been difficult because of the sufferer’s accidents. The teenager was reportedly mutilated.
The investigation is ongoing.
Elevated police presence in Frampton
The SQ addressed the violence on Thursday, saying they’re involved concerning the sense of safety locally. Officers shall be assembly with residents to assemble details about current occasions and deploy a cell command put up in Frampton on Friday and Monday of subsequent week.
There can even be an elevated police presence within the space.
“We’re conscious that the police have a meticulous investigation to hold out and that they can’t elaborate on this so as to protect its integrity. Nevertheless, as residents, we’ve got a collective obligation to tell the police of any data that we imagine might or will not be associated to what occurred just lately,” stated Frampton Mayor Jean Audet in a press release Thursday.
Police ask anybody with details about any legal occasion to contact the Felony Data Centre at 1-800-659-4264.
Pictures fired in Mauricie area
Provincial police additionally acquired experiences from residents in Hérouxville, Que., of gunshots close to the Hells Angels hideout on Rang Saint-Pierre.
When police arrived on the scene, they confirmed that pictures had been fired. Nevertheless, no accidents have been reported.
“The goal is the Trois-Rivières Hells Angels premises. The occasion seems to have been focused. The explanations for this incident shall be investigated,” the SQ stated in a information launch.
Crime scene technicians have been nonetheless on web site on Thursday afternoon, analyzing the scene.
Rang St-Pierre was closed between Route Lefebvre and Chemin St-Timothée.
With information from Noovo
