BEI investigating fatal shooting during police operation in downtown Montreal

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 30, 2025 12:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Quebec's constabulary watchdog is investigating a fatal shooting after a constabulary cognition successful downtown Montreal.

Police received a 911 telephone connected Saturday night regarding a idiosyncratic equipped with a firearm inside an flat gathering connected Saint-Hubert Street, said the bureau of autarkic investigations, known by its French acronym BEI. 

When constabulary arrived astatine astir 9 p.m., they "made contact" with the individual, according to the BEI's preliminary information. The BEI says constabulary past fired successful their absorption and that idiosyncratic was injured by gunfire.

The constabulary officers provided archetypal assistance until paramedics arrived, the BEI added. The idiosyncratic was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

The bureau investigates cases wherever idiosyncratic is killed oregon earnestly injured during a constabulary operation.

Six BEI investigators are analyzing the circumstances surrounding the intervention.