MONTREAL - A young woman was shot in the ankle by a stray bullet at 3:30 a.m. on Sunday morning as two men fired a hail of bullets into a crowd of revellers coming out of bars on busy Prince Arthur St.

According to Montreal police, the victim, 25, was not personally targeted in the attack. Taking place at the corner of Prince Arthur St. and St-Dominic St, several police officers were quickly on the scene due to a protest that had recently ended nearby.

Two suspects fled on board a vehicle.

Four arrested after gunshots and wild chase in east end



An argument between four or five men in Rosemont led to gunshots, four arrests and a police chase through the streets of the east end on Sunday morning.

911 operators were flooded with calls reporting gunshots at the intersection of d"Iberville St. and des Carrieres St. at 6:30 a.m. Sunday. Montreal police were quickly on the scene but the men fled in two vehicles.

According to police spokesman Daniel Lacoursiere, police were provided with "good descriptions of the vehicles" by eyewitnesses. The first vehicle, a Chevrolet Malibu, was quickly intercepted by cruisers three blocks away at the corner of d"Iberville St. and Masson St.

Three men were arrested in the vehicle.

A Chrysler 300 was also quickly stopped but the driver fled while officers approached the vehicle. As police chased the vehicle north, the suspect tossed a weapon onto Mount-Royal Ave.

Racing through the streets of the east end, police discontinued the chase after the suspect's car hit a parked vehicle.

The vehicle and suspect were soon found and the man was arrested in Hochelaga Maisonneuve.

The four men, in their 20s and 30s, are in custody and will meet with police inspectors on Sunday afternoon.



