The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI) is investigating after a man died during a Montreal police intervention early Saturday morning.
According to a report from the BEI, Montreal police were called to the Delta Hotel on Président-Kennedy Avenue at 4 a.m. for a man in distress on the 12th floor.
The report says the preliminary information from police states that the man had barricaded himself and officers were communicating with him from outside the room.
At 4:55 a.m., police say they heard the sound of glass breaking from outside the room. They said they discovered the man’s body on the street 12 storeys below, where he was declared dead at the scene.
With assistance from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), eight investigators from the BEI have been assigned to investigate the event and the actions taken from the Montreal police.
The bureau is asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact them with any details they may have.
The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI) investigates all cases where a person, not including police officers on duty, dies or is injured during a police intervention in Quebec.
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