Police say officers shot and killed a suspect at a motel on Boulevard Marcel-Laurent in Saint-Laurent this morning after a series of seemingly random shootings in the greater Montreal area.
Montreal police (SPVM) did not release any details about the case, but Quebec’s police watchdog, Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI), said the suspect was involved in three recent shootings in Montreal and Laval.
Montreal police already confirmed yesterday that the two shootings in Montreal were likely carried out by a single suspect and said it may have been accidental.
Then a man in his 20s was shot in Laval last night on Boulevard Clermont while riding his skateboard.
According to the BEI, officers from the SPVM’s Tactical Intervention Team began searching the motel around 7 a.m. this morning.
BEI says police confronted a 26-year-old man who had a firearm and shots were fired.
The man was struck by at least one bullet and was pronounced dead at the scene, the bureau said.
Seven BEI investigators will examine the actions of the Montreal police during the intervention.
In a statement Thursday morning, the Sûreté du Québec said it would take over the investigation into the three murders at the BEI’s request.
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