Police have launched a homicide investigation after a man's body was found in a vehicle parked on the street in an industrial section of Saint-Léonard earlier today.

Officers arrived at the scene to investigate a vehicle "of interest" at Paul-Émile Lamarche Avenue and Creusot Street around 9:30 a.m. They would not give further details about the victim's identity.

The body was taken to the coroner's for identification, police said. The investigation has been transferred to the major crimes unit.

One witness told CBC that a police command unit was set up earlier today and officers had been canvassing the neighbourhood.

It is the 18th homicide on Montreal police territory in 2016.