# First muder of 2016 in Montreal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-muder-of-2016-in-montreal/750418>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 28, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-muder-of-2016-in-montreal/750418 "2016-03-28T00:34:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-muder-of-2016-in-montreal/750418/1 "2016-03-28T00:34:45Z")

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I think it was on Thursday night, a taxi driver was shot for no apparent reason and died on Friday. First murder of the year in the city. Just had to share that.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-muder-of-2016-in-montreal/750418/2 "2016-03-28T00:39:40Z")

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Wow, compare with Chicago, where it’s [142](http://heyjackass.com/) year to date. Chicago is bigger by about a million people, but we’re looking at 1 in 2.65 million murder rate so far for Montreal vs 1 in 19,148 for Chicago. Jesus Christ. The idea of going more than a couple days into the year without a year in a large city just boggles my mind (and we’re looking almost three months here.) Good job, Montreal.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-muder-of-2016-in-montreal/750418/3 "2016-03-28T01:21:07Z")

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Regina traditionally has been Canada’s murder capital per capita, but so far this year we’ve only had one homicide. Population: 193,000; 24th in Canada.

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-muder-of-2016-in-montreal/750418/4 "2016-03-28T02:58:30Z")

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Huh. Toronto is up to 19 YTD. Good for Montreal.