Montreal police officer shot downtown, life not in danger
Posted July 14, 2022 9:20 am.
Last Updated July 14, 2022 11:30 am.
A Montreal police officer (SPVM) was shot Wednesday downtown. Authorities say his life is not in danger.
Police were called to Cabot Square around 11:45 p.m. about a conflict involving a man with a gun.
They intercepted the man near the corner of Fort and Tupper streets, where the man refused to surrender the gun and fled by foot, leading the SPVM to pursue him.
According to Quebec’s independent bureau of investigations (BEI), at least one gun shot was fired while police we’re chasing the man and an officer was shot in the leg.
Authorities then briefly lost the man before finding and arresting him in an alley near Hope Ave. and René Lévesque Blvd.
He was also transported to hospital with an injury to his leg. The BEI says it “may have been caused by a gun shot as well.”
Both the SPVM officer and the suspect’s lives are not in danger.
#WATCH: Investigators from the BEI still on the scene Thursday morning in downtown Montreal after an officer was shot the night before. His life is not in danger.
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The gun was located near the site where the man was arrested.
Six officers from the BEI are now investigating the case.
If you have any information on this case, the BEI asks that you contact them via their website.
