Police injure knife-wielding man in Montreal North
Posted October 4, 2020 12:22 pm.
Last Updated October 4, 2020 12:23 pm.
MONTREAL (CITYNEWS) – Quebec’s police watchdog says a man brandishing a knife was shot by police Sunday morning in Montreal.
The Independent Investigations Bureau (BEI) says a man with a knife tried to enter a fire station in Montreal North.
Police were called to the scene around 6:45 a.m.
The BEI says police tried to communicate with the man, but he was being uncooperative.
A police officer is shown next to a command post vehicle in Montreal North, Sunday, October 4, 2020, where police shot a man brandishing a knife. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
The man then allegedly charged the officers, who opened fire.
The man was taken to hospital, but his life is not believed to be in danger.
The bureau, which investigates whenever citizens are injured or killed during a police operation, has taken charge of the investigation and will be assisted by provincial police.
6 enquêteurs ont été chargés d'enquêter sur l'événement survenu à Montréal le 4 octobre. HAP 11 h 00. https://t.co/rOg1dRamUk
— BEI Québec (@BEIQc) October 4, 2020
This is the second shooting involving Montreal police officers in less than 24 hours.
On Saturday, a suspect shot and killed 61-year-old Diane Leblanc and 57-year-old Sylvie Leblanc around 12:20 p.m. in the city’s east end.
BEI says the suspect shot the women and then opened fire on Montreal police officers who arrived on the scene.
A 59-year-old man has been arrested in relation to that alleged double homicide.
–with files from The Canadian Press.
