March marks 3 years since Fredy Villanueva's death

Friends and family of Fredy Villanueva gathered in Montreal North Sunday afternoon to remember the young man shot and killed by Montreal police three years ago this week.

About 75people gathered at Henri Bourassa park in the early afternoon before a planned march.

Villanueva was 18when he was killed, and coroner Andr Perreault's report into his death is still not complete.

Testimony at the inquest into his deathcaused the Quebec government to rethink the way police shootings are investigated in the province.

Currently when one police force is involved in a shooting, another police force is called in to investigate.

The Villanueva case highlighted many investigative lapses in the process.

In Ontario, an independent civilian body investigates police shootings.

Public security minister Robert Dutil said he won't make any changes here until the coroner's report into Villanueva's death is released.

The report is stalled because of legal challenges by the Montreal police.

Fighting deportation

Meanwhile, the lawyer representing Villanueva's brother, Dany, re-iterated Sunday that he plans to continue fightingthe 24-year-old'sdeportation.

In 2010, the Immigration and Refugee Board orderedDany'sdeportation, which lawyer Stphane Handfield appealed.

But this week the appeal was rejected, and Handfield said he planned to ask the federal court for a judicial review of the decision.

Danyis suspected of having ties withstreet gangs, and has said he fears for his safety if he is deported back to his native Hondouras.