Quebec provincial police say a car found on fire in Montreal's east end early Thursday morning is believed to be linked to a brazen daytime shooting at a Starbucks in Laval, Que., that claimed the life of a key organized crime figure and injured two others.

Montreal police say they found the car on fire at around 3 a.m. in Montreal's borough of Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles, near the intersection of Clément-Ader and Joliot Curie avenues.

Radio-Canada is reporting that it has viewed surveillance footage that shows two suspects arriving at the scene a few minutes before the shooting and then driving off in a grey sedan.

It's not yet known if the car that was found on fire in Montreal is the car seen in that footage.

Meanwhile, a command post was set up Thursday near the scene

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