A 33-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder of a Montreal police officer during a wellness check in Montreal’s in Saint-Michel neighbourhood on Wednesday.
Montreal police (SPVM) were called around 3:30 p.m. to an apartment on 14th Avenue near Émile-Journault Avenue for a wellness check related to intimate partner violence.
It’s the third conjugal violence incident in Saint-Michel in five days, following the deaths of two women in separate domestic-violence cases.
During the intervention Wednesday, a police officer sustained significant stab wounds. His life was not in danger.
The suspect, Lorvens Joseph, was charged with attempting to take the police officer’s weapon and assaulting him.
According to the charge sheet, Joseph also failed to comply with a no-contact order.
The man was also shot by police after he allegedly stabbed a police officer.
Quebec’s police watchdog (BEI) and Sûreté du Québec are conducting separate investigations into the incident.
