By Danya Gainor, NCS
(NCS) — Two individuals are dead, together with a Montreal police officer, following a shootout with a suspect, who was also killed, on Monday afternoon in the town’s most populous borough, Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal police mentioned.
A second officer was transported to the hospital in essential situation, however she is now steady, Montreal Police Chief Fady Dagher mentioned at a information convention. One civilian sustained minor accidents, he mentioned.
Police had been responding to a 911 name of gunshots and a gun protruding of a window round 11:35 a.m. on Décarie Boulevard when officers got here underneath hearth in the road, the chief mentioned. A civilian and the suspect had been also killed in the shootout. Police imagine the suspect acted alone.
“Today, one of our own has fallen while carrying out his duty to protect and serve,” Dagher advised reporters.
Less than 5 miles from the skyscrapers and frenzied metropolis of downtown Montreal, Côte-des-Neiges is a quieter, fashionable residential bubble. The borough is various, with pockets outlined deeply by Jewish tradition, establishments and every day life.
That tranquil normalcy was shattered early in the afternoon as residents remained underneath hours-long orders to take shelter and lock their doorways as authorities investigated an “armed and dangerous suspect.”
“I am deeply shaken by the tragic events that took place today in the Côte-des-Neiges area,” Christine Fréchette, the premier of Quebec, mentioned on X. “As the operation and investigation are still ongoing, it is essential to let the authorities do their work and to avoid any speculation.”
This is a growing story and will probably be up to date.
NCS’s Sarah Hutter contributed to this report.
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