Arrests made in third homicide of the year

Taylor Clark

On September 26, a 56-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman known to Gatineau Police were arrested in connection with a homicide that occurred earlier that morning on boulevard des Allumettières.

In the early hours that day, officers responded to a person on the ground near the intersection of rue Saint-Rédempteur, whose state of consciousness was unknown. The man, 35-year-old Maxim Bourgon-Frigon, also known to police, was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

“His injuries could have been caused by a firearm,” said police. An autopsy was to be performed in Montreal to determine the cause of death.

A portion of boulevard des Allumettières was closed to traffic in both directions until the late afternoon as a larger perimeter was set up for the investigation. Close to 15 hours later, the two individuals were arrested by police.

This was the third homicide of the year to occur in Gatineau, after two incidents in April. 

The investigation is ongoing. Police invited anyone with information related to the homicide to contact their information line 819-243-4636, option 1.