Police shoot, kill machete-wielding man outside SQ station

A 37-year-old man was shot dead by Sûreté du Québec police officers outside their station in Pont-Rouge, Que., about 45 minutes west of Quebec City, on Sunday, according to a report released by Quebec’s Bureau of Independent Investigations (BEI).

Preliminary information given to the BEI says a citizen showed up at the station to report a complaint about another individual.

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Around 3 p.m. that individual then allegedly showed up in the parking lot of the SQ station armed with a machete.

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According to the BEI, he began hitting vehicles with the machete.

Police then tried to subdue the man with pepper spray, but it didn’t work.

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He allegedly made his way towards police with the machete.

Police officers then shot the man and he died in hospital.

Nine BEI investigators were sent to investigate.