A 23-year-old man has died in hospital after a police intervention Tuesday evening in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood.
According to the BEI, Quebec’s independent police watchdog which has taken over the investigation, two Montreal police officers intervened in a fight that broke out between two men on the street.
One of the two men charged at police officers with a knife. They tried to use a taser to to subdue him without success.
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One of the officers then shot at the man, critically injuring him.
He was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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An investigation is underway, with eight members from the BEI and two Sûreté du Québec forensic specialists.
The BEI calls on all witnesses of the event to reach out via their website www.bei.gouv.qc.ca.
— With files from Global’s Kalina Laframboise
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