A young woman in Repentigny, just outside Montreal, is recovering in hospital after being shot by her downstairs neighbour – two floors below.
Angélique Croteau, 23, was injured Friday around 10:30 p.m. when a bullet struck her in the pelvis while she lay in bed, according to the Service de police de la Ville de Repentigny (SPVR).
“And then she was not able to walk, so she managed to crawl to the door and scream for help in the hallway of the building,” an SPVR spokesperson told CityNews.
“And then the concierge came to help her, and then the police were called at that moment.”
Angélique Croteau, seen before the shooting, in this undated photo. (Submitted by: Stephane Croteau)
Photos and videos sent to CityNews by the woman’s father, Stéphane Croteau, appear to show a bullet-sized hole in the blood-stained floor, as well as a blood-stained mattress with a bullet hole through the top.
The blood-stained floor in Angelique Croteau’s Repentigny apartment. (Submitted by: Stephane Croteau)
In an online fundraiser, Stéphane says Angélique sustained a fractured pelvis and perforated intestines, and that she spent six hours in the operating room.
Police say a man on the first floor of the apartment building – who may have been impaired – was “carelessly using a hunting weapon” in his apartment when he “accidentally fired a shot through the ceiling.”
Officers arrived to find the suspect in his vehicle, the SPVR spokesperson says, at which point he was arrested.
He is facing charges of careless use of a firearm, discharging a firearm, improper storage and driving while impaired by alcohol. He appeared briefly in court and remains in custody.