Marauding Montreal youth gangs responded to the weekend shooting death of a young man by police.
Marauding youth gangs responded to the weekend shooting death of a young man by police.The rampage erupted in the city's north end Sunday night after residents took to the streets for a community demonstration to protest Saturday's police shooting that left a man dead and two injured.Hundreds of officers in full riot gear were still marching through the Montreal North neighborhood early this morning, trying to bring calm to the area.Police said two officers were injured during clashes with the street gangs -- one of them suffered a gunshot wound to the leg.An ambulance technician was injured when he was hit in the head by a Molotov cocktail.The violence started when protesters torched several cars parked outside a fire station Sunday night.The rioters then set dozens of fires in the streets and pelted fire trucks with bottles before firefighters arrived to put them out.
The rampage continued through town before close to 100 people gathered in a commercial area.Dozens crawled through the smashed windows of a pawn shop, convenience store and butcher shop -- most grabbed anything they could.
Men and women of all ages could be seen running down the street clutching televisions, cigarette cartons and slabs of meat.