A convicted murderer has escaped a minimum security prision in Laval.
According to Correctional Services Canada, Denis Bégin, 58, was at the Federal Training Center in Laval, a minimum security prison when he escaped.
Staff members conducted a head count at 12:15 p.m. on Friday when they noticed he was gone.
Bégin shot and killed 19-year-old Riccardo Jezzi in a Montreal bar in October of 1993 and was convicted in 1996.
According to the Sûreté du Québec, he could be in Gatineau or the Outaouais region.
Anyone with information is asked to contact 911 immediately.