Stevens Cantave was shot multiple times in the parking lot of a Dollard-des-Ormeaux shopping mall early in the evening of Feb. 6
Police say the youth was arrested in Kitchener, Ont., where he is currently incarcerated for an armed robbery committed with a firearm.
The youth will be charged with first-degree murder, Montreal police said Thursday.
Stevens Cantave was shot multiple times in the parking lot of a Dollard-des-Ormeaux shopping mall early in the evening of Feb. 6. He was declared dead on the scene.
Two suspects fled the scene of the shooting in a stolen vehicle, police said. The vehicle was recovered the following day and since then, investigators have been gathering evidence, which eventually allowed them to indentify the 16-year-old suspect as the alleged shooter, according to police.
Montreal police investigators travelled to Kingston where they arrested the youth Thursday at a detention centre. He is expected to appear in youth court by videoconference.
Cantave, who had a criminal record, was alleged to have been a member of a street gang operating in western Montreal.
His death was the fifth murder reported on Montreal Island in 2024.