LAVAL — One person died and two were injured in a daylight shooting at a Montreal-area Starbucks on Wednesday that the province’s public security minister linked to organized crime.

Provincial police spokesperson Laurie Avoine said the man who died was in his 40s. Officials said the lives of the other two victims were not in danger.

Earlier in the day, Quebec’s public security minister said authorities believed organized crime was behind the shooting.

Ian Lafrenière said the shooting took place at around 10:30 a.m. at a commercial plaza in Laval, Que.

“This is very concerning,” wrote Lafrenière, who is a former police officer. “I am following the situation closely with my colleagues, while a major police deployment is underway.”

He told reporters in Quebec City that there were no “inn

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