Quebec police watchdog investigating after fatal shooting on Montreal's Nuns' Island
The man was shot after he pointed what looked like handgun at the police officer who confronted him, Quebec's police watchdog said. The man was rushed to hospital and died of his injuries.
The man was shot by police around 12:30 p.m. after a 911 call came in about a man possibly carrying a handgun
Quebec's police watchdog has launched an investigation after a man was killed by Montreal police on Nuns' Island Saturday afternoon.
Police shot the man just after 12:30 p.m. following a 911 call about someone walking around with a handgun, the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI) said in a statement later in the afternoon.
The officer who responded to the call shot the man after he pointed what looked like a handgun in the direction of the responding police officer.
The man died soon after he was rushed to hospital, the watchdog said.
Five investigators are now looking into the incident. The police watchdog is asking anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward.