The body of an uniden­ti­fied man, rid­dled with gun­shot wounds, was dis­cov­ered on a road­way in Pe­tit Morne Phase Two, Ste Madeleine, ear­ly this morn­ing.

Of­fi­cers from the Ste Madeleine Po­lice Sta­tion were con­tact­ed around 6.40 am by a res­i­dent, who re­port­ed that his friend had dis­cov­ered a body near his home.

When of­fi­cers ar­rived at the scene, they found the blood­ied body near LP#17, with gun­shot wounds to the face, head, up­per chest and up­per back. The vic­tim was es­ti­mat­ed to be in his 20s.