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Twenty-year-old Clémence Beaulieu-Patry was a half-hour away from finishing her work shift at a St-Michel grocery store Sunday night when she was killed in front of her co-workers and customers.

Around 8:30 p.m., a man entered the Maxi supermarket on Crémazie Blvd. E, approached her and stabbed her to death before fleeing. A small huddle of people quickly gathered around her, trying but failing to keep her alive.

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She was pronounced dead on the scene when police arrived shortly afterward.

The suspect — identified as black man in his late 20s — fled the store in a hurry. Police still hadn’t found him as of late Monday.

The store’s security cameras caught him on film, but the footage was grainy at best, police said. Experts and investigators spent Monday morning trying to refine the images to better identify him.

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They are looking for a man between 25 and 30 years old who stands 5-foot-8.The suspect wore a hat, a coat, pants and dark shoes. He also wore glasses.Anyone in the presence of the suspect should call 911 immediately. Anyone with information that could identify or locate the suspect is asked to call Info-Crime Montreal at 514-393-1133.

Police couldn’t confirm if the suspect was someone Beaulieu-Patry knew, or whether it was a random act of violence.