MONTREAL – Police officers from the Régie intermunicipale de police du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes have reportedly shot a man dead in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, not far from Oka.
According to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), officers were responding to a family dispute at a home on Clément Street.
The man, 52, was allegedly brandishing a chainsaw and confronted police when they arrived.
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At least one shot was fired.
He was taken to hospital, where he died of his injuries.
The investigation has been handed over to the SQ’s major crimes unit.
* with files from The Canadian Press.
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