The Independent Investigations Bureau (BEI) is investigating the circumstances of an intervention by the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) in the early hours of Sunday morning. Two men were found dead in housing in the Côte-Des-Neiges — Notre-Dame-De-Grâce borough.
A call was made to 911 at around 12:30 a.m. regarding an armed assault that was taking place in an apartment building on rue Bouchette.
When the SPVM agents arrived on the scene, they allegedly saw a man with a knife who took refuge in a dwelling. Outside the building, the police heard “a person moaning, possibly injured, inside the accommodation,” reports the BEI.
Police reportedly entered the building at around 1 a.m. and found two unconscious men on the ground, aged 39 and 45. Their death was then declared.
A total of five BEI investigators are responsible for shedding light on this case, in collaboration with the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).