Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating after a suspect was shot during a police operation in Montreal’s west end Wednesday.
The Bureau des Enquêtes Indépendantes (BEI) said Montreal police were responding to a stolen vehicle report when the shooting occurred.
Officers arrived at the scene around 4:30 p.m. in the the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood.
The BEI said it appears police had stopped the vehicle, but the driver then allegedly drove in direction of the officers.
A police officer then opened gunfire and critically wounded one of the occupants in the car, according to the police watchdog.
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The suspect was rushed to hospital. The suspect’s condition was critical as of Thursday morning.
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The BEI did not provide more information about the suspect’s identity or say how many people were inside the car.
A wide safety perimeter closed off the neighbourhood between Addington and St-Jacques streets.
The BEI said six of its were assigned to the investigation. It investigates all cases where a person other than an officer on duty dies or is injured by police during an intervention.
Quebec provincial police also launched a parallel criminal investigation into the incident.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the police watchdog on the BEI website.
— with files from Global’s Gloria Henriquez
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