Montreal police say a fifth person has been taken into custody in connection with the death of a 42-year-old man on November 2, 2025.
Around 3:20 a.m., officers responded to a report of a fight near the Place-Saint-Henri metro station in the Le-Sud-Ouest borough.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found a 42-year-old man suffering from injuries in a wooded area near the railway tracks. He was taken to hospital where he later died.
Two days later, SPVM said three people were taken into custody in connection to the death of Manuel De Jesus Garcia Zamora.
Leamcharoeung Yort , 47, now 48, was taken into custody near the scene around 6:30 a.m. Yort was charged with committing an assault including causing wound, maim, and disfigurement.
Vincent Gagné-Giard, 29, now 30, and Nigel Moses, 40, now 41, were arrested a short time later. Gagné-Giard was charged for accessory after the fact to aggravated assault. Moses was charged with second degree murder. Both have prior criminal records.
Montreal police later took Shihab Uddin Pablo Khan, 44, into custody and he was charged as accessories after the fact to an aggravated assault.
Thursday, SPVM took 22-year-old Cédric Desroches into custody, and he is facing a charge of second-degree murder
The death was listed as the 29th murder in Montreal in 2025.
-With files from The Canadian Press
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