Montreal homicide suspect jumped out window

Police have arrested a man who leapt from the top floor of a three-storey building after police arrived on the scene of a homicide in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.

Police received a 911 call shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday to report a fight in an apartment on Sainte-Catherine Street East near Leclaire Street.

Const. Olivier Lapointe said when officers arrived, they noticed the window waswide open.

"The police officers opened the door and at the same time they saw that the man was still hanging in the window with his hands," said Lapointe.

"He let go and jumped three storeys and ended up on the sidewalk and ran away."

The 32-year-old man led police on a foot chase.

"He ran a couple of blocks away and tried to hide in a back alley. He was picked up by police," said Lapointe. Surprisingly, said Lapointe, the man was not injured. He estimated the man fell between 10 and 15 metres. "He is doing good. He was arrested, and he is now with us. He didn't go to hospital," said Lapointe.

Girlfriend found dead

Lapointe said it appears she had been stabbed with a sharp object. Her body was carried out of the apartment mid-morning on Wednesday.

Police believe the man and the woman were a couple, and Lapointe said the man is facing a second-degree murder charge.

The death is the ninth homicide in Montreal in 2011, compared to four by this time last year.