Montreal police arrest suspect in shooting death of 15-year-old girl

Montreal police say they’ve made an arrest in the case of a 15-year-old girl killed in a drive-by shooting last year.

Police told a news conference today that a 26-year-old man is expected to face a first-degree murder charge in the death of Meriem Boundaoui, who was fatally shot in the city’s St-Leonard neighbourhood in February 2021.

Police say the girl was with another person inside a stopped car when a second car drove up and someone opened fire. 

The girl and a 21-year-old man who was on the sidewalk were hit by bullets, and she was later declared dead.