A man hit by an SPVM agent dies

A man died after being shot during a police intervention by the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal on Saturday afternoon in Île-des-Soeurs.

Around 12:32 p.m., SPVM police officers were informed that a man, possibly armed, was walking near the intersection of René Lévesque Boulevard and Berlioz Street, in Île-des-Sœurs.

Locate by a police officer, the man would have pointed a handgun in the direction of the latter who would have fired at least one shot, indicated the Office of Independent Investigations (BEI).

Seriously injured, the man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Five BEI investigators have been assigned to investigate the circumstances of the event, the office said.


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