Police have arrested five people in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia in connection with three separate homicides in the Montreal area in the last two years.

Montreal police say the individuals, aged 26 to 35, were arrested after operations in Montreal, Sherbrooke, Que., Cambridge, Ont., and Kamloops, B.C. Two of the five were already in detention in the Montreal area.

The homicides in question took place between June 2023 and May of this year.

In June 2023, a 32-year-old man was shot and killed in Charlemagne, northeast of Montreal. Police say the investigation so far indicates the man was a victim of mistaken identity.

On Aug. 7, 2023, a 28-year-old man died from gunshot wounds after he was found unconscious on a sidewalk on Ste-Catherine Street in downtown Montreal.

On May 14, 2024, a man died after being shot on Parc Avenue near Legendre Street in Montreal’s Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough. A month later, Montreal police arrested two suspects in connection to the case and a third individual is still being sought.

Three of the suspects are due to appear in a Montreal courtroom between now and Thursday. Authorities plan to transport the other two suspects to Montreal to face charges.