By Canadian Press

Watchdog probes death of man shot by police officers in Montreal

Oct 29, 2020 | 8:01 AM

MONTREAL — Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating a police shooting that left a man dead in Montreal.

The Bureau des enquetes independantes says preliminary information is that police allege a man armed with a knife rushed them and they opened fire, killing him.

Police responded to a call made just before 6 a.m. today about a man in crisis in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grace neighbourhood.

The watchdog says in a statement that when police arrived, officers stayed in their vehicle as the man allegedly walked towards their car armed with a knife.

When he turned toward another vehicle with a driver inside, police left their car to intervene, and that’s when they allege the man came at them.

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A spokesman for the local paramedic service says the man shot by police was in his early 30s.

Steve Fiset of Urgences-Sante says a police officer was also transported to hospital following the shooting but had no physical injuries.

Montreal police declined to comment due to the investigation by the watchdog.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 29, 2020.

The Canadian Press