Jewelry store robbery in Parc-Extension under investigation
According to police, several people deliberately crashed an SUV into the storefront to carry out the robbery.
Kkritika Suri
Montreal police are investigating a robbery at a jewelry store in the Parc-Extension neighborhood that took place on Saturday evening.
According to authorities, several individuals intentionally drove an SUV into the store's storefront to execute the robbery.
SPVM spokesperson Sabrina Gauthier stated that police received a 911 call around 6:30 p.m. about an alarm being triggered at the store on Liège Street, near Champagneur Avenue.
“When police arrived, they found a 27-year-old man with upper body injuries. The victim was hurt during an altercation with the suspects,” Gauthier said.
The store’s owner, Gaganjeet Singh, shared that upon realizing the store was being robbed, he confronted the three armed attackers.
“I tried to stop them, to make them leave. But the men came in with a big hammer, rods, and guns. It was difficult for me,” Singh explained.
Singh was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was later discharged.
After the thieves left, Singh discovered that one of his employees had become trapped under debris.
“When the car hit, she was under the counters, and it took 15 minutes to pull her out,” he recalled.
“Thank God she was sitting on the floor at the time because if she had been standing, she would have been killed,” the owner added.
Montreal police confirmed the suspects fled before officers arrived, and no arrests have been made. The SPVM is hopeful that someone may identify the individuals.
The suspects are described as one white male and two black males.
The investigation is ongoing, with authorities working to determine whether the SUV used in the robbery was stolen.
Singh mentioned that he had noticed unusual behavior in the days leading up to the robbery, such as one person filming the store from the outside and another repeatedly entering and leaving the premises, as though surveying the location.
The thieves made off with tens of thousands of dollars' worth of gold, according to Singh.
