Child hit by stray bullet: 10 years in jail for trying to take justice into his own hands

Sorrel-Tracy | A man who tried to take justice into his own hands by gunning down menacing men in a residential area and ambushing a 9-year-old child with bullets will have to spend 10 years in jail for his impulsive act.

“Have we achieved a tolerant society? [qu’une personne, même de bonne réputation], Surrender with arms to resolve conflicts? » asked Judge Louis Leduc during his observations on the sentencing of Yves Martin Larocque in the Sorrel-Tracy court on Friday.

“This is the heart of the matter,” she continued. What a sad story. »

Last January, the 39-year-old man admitted to aggravated assault and discharging a firearm with intent to injure by reckless use of a weapon on August 22, 2021, at Contrecour, Monterrey.

He thus benefited from a conditional arrest on the charge of attempted murder.

A message

That evening, at 7:30 p.m., three criminals came to his house, in the rue des Beauvoins, to deliver a message to him.

“We’re going to get a team together and we’re going to come and go through you,” one of them told him, defense lawyer Ms.^e Morgan Laloume.

I’m Morgan Laloume, defense attorney.

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We have received reports that Martin Larocque has been intimidated for months after participating in a protest at a nearby bar.

Awakened by his intrusions, the accused picked up his registered gun and loaded it, exited his house and fired at his bullies. He was only wearing a swimming suit.

David Burrell-Jenot was shot in the head while trying to drive away. A 35-year-old man with a serious criminal record, having more than thirty convictions between 2006 and 2020.

A few hours after the car driven by Burelle-Jenotte finished the race in a ditch at Contrecourt.

Photography agent QMI, Pascal Girard

Another bullet accidentally went through the thigh of a 9-year-old boy in a neighboring field.

A third person was injured, but less seriously.

“Wild West”

“It was probably his worst nightmare, hitting a little kid,” admitted Crown prosecutor M.^e Frédéric Ouellet.

I am Frédéric Ouellet, from the case.

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The latter considered that a sentence of 10 years, less than the time already served, would reflect the severity of the accused’s impulsive actions.

“His responsibility is complete. We were inches away from a death, said the lawyer. Lucky to have none. »

“This scene is typical of the Wild West,” he said. We must make it clear that we cannot take justice into our own hands. »

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For its part, the defense recommended that Martin Larocque receive a sentence equal to time already served.

At worst, M^e Laloume asked for a sentence that would allow his client to remain in a provincial institution.

While relatives of the accused supported him in the trial, he wanted to express his remorse in the court.

“Many people have been affected by my actions. I blame myself for behaving this way. He said he had no prior history of the affair. I apologize for the pain caused. »

►Judge Leduc expects to hand down his sentence next January.