Police investigating double murder in Quebec’s Bas-St-Laurent region

Quebec provincial police are investigating a double murder that occurred Thursday evening in the parking lot of a restaurant in Rivière-du-Loup, located in Quebec’s Bas-St-Laurent region. Two women were shot and killed after witnesses reported hearing what they believed to be gunshots around 10:45 p.m. Responding officers found the victims seriously injured inside a vehicle.

One of the women died at the scene, while the other succumbed to her injuries shortly thereafter in a hospital. No arrests have been made as of Friday morning. The newly-appointed Domestic Security Minister, Guy Jr. Lapointe, expressed condolences to the victims' families and vowed to combat violence, emphasizing the impact on public security with each tragedy.