Three Dead, Including Police Officer, After Montreal Shooting

A gunman equipped pinch a agelong firearm opened fire astatine a Montreal edifice connected Monday, sidesplitting a constabulary serviceman earlier being changeable dormant by responding officers, authorities said. A civilian was besides killed, though investigators person not yet wished whose gunfire caused that death.

Montreal Police Chief Fady Dagher said a 2nd serviceman was earnestly wounded but remains successful unchangeable information pursuing nan shooting successful nan city’s Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood.

Dagher noted that it was nan first clip successful 24 years that a Montreal constabulary serviceman had been killed while connected duty. “It’s a very, very sad day. It’s a nightmare,” he told reporters.

According to Dagher, emergency services received a telephone astatine astir 11:35 a.m. reporting that a personification was pointing a firearm retired of a model astatine nan Hilton hotel.

Police arrived astatine nan segment and were targeted pinch gunfire, he said. Video showed nan shooter was besides extracurricular nan hotel.

Police are still trying to find nan suspect’s motive.

Dagher said he didn’t cognize who changeable nan civilian.

Jacob Coutu, who was moving successful building adjacent nan shooting, said he heard “four of 5 gunshots” connected Monday morning. A fewer minutes later, he said constabulary officers started arriving astatine nan segment successful ample numbers, and he heard much gunfire.

“We saw cops getting successful a gunfight, getting changeable down,” Coutu said.

He estimates he heard 30 aliases 40 gunshots.

Public information officials issued an emergency alert astir an equipped and vulnerable fishy successful nan area, asking residents to shelter successful place. The alert triggered impermanent closures on a awesome highway, nan Décarie expressway, arsenic good arsenic a impermanent shutdown of important sections of 2 subway lines.

Dagher confirmed nan fishy was dormant earlier authorities issued nan alert. Authorities yet lifted nan alert soon aft 3 p.m.