A conflict over a vehicle towed during a snow removal operation ended with a gun being fired in Montreal's east end late Tuesday.

Montreal police say an argument over towing during a snow-clearing operation escalated to the point where a gunshot was fired. No one was injured by the bullet, which was allegedly fired by a 39-year-old man in the city's east-end Pointe-aux-Trembles neighbourhood about 9:45 p.

The City of Montreal is launching its first snow-clearing operation of the winter Tuesday evening. Trucks will hit the streets around 7 p.m. in all boroughs. The city says snow loading will be done “as quickly as possible” because temperatures are rising,

After a reprieve of roughly nine months since the last major accumulation, the city declared a removal operation starting Tuesday at 7 p.m. to pick up the roughly 10 centimetres of snow that fell over the past few days.

Montreal police say a 39-year-old man was arrested after a fight escalated during a snow removal operation in the city's east end. Global's Brayden Jagger Haines reports.