Man arrested after vehicle crashes through front door of RCMP office in Montreal
Posted August 2, 2025 11:10 am.
Last Updated August 2, 2025 4:42 pm.
A man is under arrest after a vehicle went through the front door of the RCMP headquarters Saturday morning in the Montreal suburb of Westmount, just west of downtown.
No one was injured inside the building and Montreal police said the suspect has mental-health issues and was possibly in crisis. Terrorism is not considered a factor in the case, police said.
“It’s not considered as a terrorist attack at this moment. We don’t have any reason to believe that that man wanted to do something in link with a terrorist or that it was targeted, the RCMP, at that moment. There’s none of those information that was provided that gave us reason to believe that’s what happened,” said Jean-Pierre Brabant, Montreal police.
Const. Jean-Pierre Brabant said a 44-year-old man was arrested quickly after the low-speed crash about 8:25 a.m., which police described as “deliberate” and caused considerable damages at the front door.
“We’re not talking about a high-speed collision, but he went slowly into the entrance and broke two windows of the entrance,” Brabant said. Only the front of the vehicle was inside the building.
The suspect was transported to hospital with minor injuries and investigators will meet with him when they are able.
“This morning I heard the noise, probably around 8:30, something like that in my house. But I can’t actually see the entrance, so I wasn’t sure what happened,” said Doug Cuthbert, a Westmount resident. “A lot of people have problems. And I don’t know what the story was for this individual, from what they said. They said that it was very clear that he got upset.”
“I don’t think there’s anything sinister or bad, or anything that happened here that anybody should be worried about other than life happens. And sometimes people get upset. And we have to have a little compassion for people like that.”
Police said according to preliminary information, the man had approached the building first on foot and allegedly later returned with his vehicle at some point.
“That man seemed to be in a crisis, was screaming, wanted some help. So from there, there was an 911 call that was placed. We had officers that presented themselves. At a certain moment during the intervention, that man went back to his car, came back and at this moment, when the police officer was doing the intervention, the vehicle collided and came to collision with the facade of the headquarters of the RCMP,” said Brabant.
“Concerning the accusation that could be held against that man, aged 44 years old, we’re talking about driving under the influence [of a drug]. There’s possibly two of mischief and break and entry, so the accusation could be held against that man. But the event is still under investigation.”
Two RCMP officers were inside the building at the time the vehicle entered but were unharmed.
The building is the Quebec divisional headquarters for the federal police force and has been at the location on Dorchester Boulevard since 1920.
The RCMP’s Quebec division referred all questions about the incident to Montreal police.
It is the second incident at an RCMP office this week. On Monday, officers shot a person in the parking lot of the Strathcona detachment in Sherwood Park, Alta., outside Edmonton after allegedly noting what appeared to be a firearm.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating that shooting.
