CP NewsAlert: Salim Touaibi guilty of murder in drive-by shooting of Montreal teen

By Canadian Press on March 26, 2026.

MONTREAL — Salim Touaibi has been found guilty of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder in the drive-by shooting of a teenager in Montreal in 2021.

His co-accused, Aymane Bouadi, has been acquitted of all charges.

Fifteen-year-old Meriem Boundaoui was shot dead while she was in the passenger seat of a car on Feb. 7, 2021.

Over the course of a trial spanning more than two months, the jury heard that Boundaoui was a bystander in the wrong place at the wrong time, caught in the crossfire of a conflict between two family businesses that did not concern her.

Touaibi had admitted he was the shooter but claimed he was trying to scare people when he shot at the car.

The two men were arrested days apart by Montreal police in June 2022.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March

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