updatedMan gunned down in Sorel-Tracy
CBC News
Posted: Sep 4, 2011 11:00 AM ET
Last Updated: Sep 4, 2011 4:48 PM ET
The victim was killed in his home. Raffy Boudjikanian/CBCA Quebec man is under arrest after a member of his family was shot to death in Sorel-Tracy.
Authorities say the 49-year-old victim was shot in the stomach in his home on Manseau Street Saturday night.
Police found the suspect, 46, near the house, and say he is a "member of the family of the victim," but won't confirm their relationship.
Four witnesses who were in the home at the time of the shooting are being interviewed.
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