3 men injured in shootout involving Montreal police: Quebec watchdog

Quebec’s independent constabulary watchdog is investigating aft 3 men were injured successful an speech of gunfire involving constabulary successful Montreal’s Dollard-des-Ormeaux neighbourhood precocious Sunday.

The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI) said it launched a probe astir 10:45 p.m. and Quebec provincial constabulary will undertake their ain parallel criminal investigation.

Montreal constabulary were first called to a residence wherever gunshots were heard during a dispute, according to preliminary accusation obtained by nan BEI.

The BEI said a man reportedly progressive successful nan conflict near nan location connected ft and allegedly pointed a weapon astatine a driver. The driver near nan segment and nan man past approached a 2nd conveyance adjacent wherever 3 different group were standing.

When Montreal constabulary arrived astatine nan scene, location was an speech of gunfire betwixt officers and nan man.

The BEI said nan man was shot, but his information is considered unchangeable arsenic of Monday afternoon.

Two different men adjacent nan conveyance were earnestly injured successful nan shooting. They are expected to survive, according to nan constabulary watchdog.

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Seven independent investigators are assigned to nan case. Created successful 2013, nan BEI is mandated to analyse erstwhile a personification aliases an serviceman dies aliases is earnestly injured during a constabulary involution aliases while successful custody.

Quebec provincial constabulary group up a bid station astatine nan segment Monday day arsenic portion of their ain investigation.

Authorities are asking anyone who witnessed nan shooting to interaction them connected nan BEI’s website.

— with files from Global’s Felicia Parrillo and The Canadian Press