Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is expected to visit a multicultural neighbourhood this morning that was struck by a shooting that killed a police officer, a civilian and the suspect.
Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating Monday’s shooting, while Quebec provincial police have launched a parallel criminal probe.
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Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher says officers were met with gunfire after responding to a 911 call about a person with a gun at a Hilton hotel in the Côte-des-Neiges district.
Mohamed Lamine Benredouane, a 34-year-old who had been with Montreal police since 2021, was killed.
Dagher says the suspect and a civilian were also killed in the ensuing gunfire, while a second police officer was injured.
Police have not identified the suspect or given a motive for the shooting, but say a long gun was seized.
Several city blocks were cordoned off during the shooting, and residents were to shelter in place due to the presence of an armed and dangerous suspect.
A police spokesperson in British Columbia also said forces across that province were warned after the shooting of the possibility of an anti-police manifesto.
Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton with the Surrey Police Service said the information was issued Monday afternoon by an intelligence-sharing unit operating out of the RCMP B.C. headquarters.
“Following the tragic events of what happened in Montreal earlier today, police in British Columbia were advised that there is the possibility of either documentation or some type of manifesto that is rumoured to be out there calling on individuals to target and commit violence against police officers,” he said.
