Montreal police work the scene of a taking pictures in Montreal on Monday, June 22, 2026.
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MONTREAL — A suspect armed with an extended gun opened hearth Monday at a Montreal lodge, killing a police officer earlier than officers returned hearth, killing him, police mentioned. A civilian additionally died but it surely wasn’t instantly clear who fired that shot.
Police Chief Fady Dagher mentioned a second officer was significantly injured within the taking pictures within the metropolis’s Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood however is in steady situation.
The chief mentioned it was the primary time in 24 years {that a} Montreal police officer had been killed within the line of responsibility. “It’s a very, very sad day. It’s a nightmare,” he informed reporters.
Dagher mentioned somebody known as emergency companies round 11:35 a.m. about an individual who was sticking a gun out of a window on the Hilton lodge. Police arrived on the scene and have been focused with gunfire, he mentioned. Video confirmed the shooter was additionally exterior the lodge.
Police are nonetheless attempting to find out the suspect’s motive.
Dagher mentioned he did not know who shot the civilian.
Police recognized the deceased officer as Constable Mohamed Lamine Benredouan, 34. He had been with the power since 2021.
Movies posted on social media seem to indicate the change of gunfire between police and an individual carrying an extended gun who was sporting an olive-colored jacket and cargo pants.
The movies seem to indicate a civilian and no less than one officer getting shot, whereas the particular person within the olive-colored clothes appeared to get shot whereas adjusting or reloading their weapon.
Jacob Coutu, who was working in building close to the taking pictures, mentioned he heard “four of five gunshots” on Monday morning. A couple of minutes later, he mentioned law enforcement officials began arriving on the scene in massive numbers, and he heard extra gunfire.
“We saw cops getting in a gunfight, getting shot down,” Coutu mentioned.
He estimates he heard 30 or 40 gunshots.
Public security officers issued an emergency alert about an armed and harmful suspect within the space, asking residents to shelter in place. The alert triggered momentary closures alongside a significant freeway, the Décarie expressway, in addition to a brief shutdown of great sections of two subway strains.
Quebec Home Safety Minister Ian Lafrenière mentioned he would chorus from commenting on particulars concerning the suspect’s id and motives for the reason that matter is now beneath investigation by an impartial police watchdog, which investigates accidents and deaths involving police.
However he confirmed a number of businesses have been consulted, together with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, earlier than investigators concluded that the taking pictures was not a terrorist assault.
Lafrenière, a former Montreal police officer, additionally acknowledged that there are some movies circulating of the taking pictures and he urged members of the general public to not share them out of respect for many who have been killed.
A police spokesperson in British Columbia mentioned forces throughout the province have been informed of the potential of “documentation or some type of manifesto” calling for police to be focused with violence.
Employees Sgt. Lindsey Houghton with the Surrey Police Service mentioned the warning was issued by an intelligence unit working out of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police British Columbia headquarters Monday afternoon, after the “tragic events” in Montreal.
