3 arrested after child killed on Montreal's North Shore

Three people have been arrested after a child was killed in Bois-des Filion, on Montreal's North Shore.

Three people have been arrested after a child was killed Monday in Bois-des Filion, on Montreal's North Shore.

"The individuals involved are currently being interviewed by our criminal investigation office," Terrebonne police noted. "The scene is still being examined."

Sûreté du Québec (SQ) divers have been deployed to perform searches in the Mille-Îles River in an attempt to locate any evidence that might be linked to the death.

This comes after a 911 was placed at 5:30 p.m. Monday to the Terrebonne/Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines/Bois-des-Filion inter-municipal police service about a "seriously injured child" in a home on 34e Avenue.

"Despite their efforts, the child was pronounced dead on the spot," the force notes.

Cause of death and the child's age have not been released, but police acknowledge that they were "young."

Investigators and forensic technicians at both the local and provincial levels remain at the scene to analyze the circumstances leading up to the child's death.