Montreal Shooting Kills Civilian, Police Officer and Suspect

Overview

• Video and witness reports show a shootout in Côte-des-Neiges that left a man in military-style clothing dead after police engaged the attacker and a police officer fatally wounded.
• Community recovery group ZAKA and local organizations identified the civilian fatality as Michael Moshe Mizrahi, who was critically wounded and later died.
• Authorities have not determined how Mizrahi was struck and say the investigation into the sequence of gunfire at the scene is ongoing.
• Police issued emergency shelter-in-place alerts to residents near kosher shops and Chabad-linked institutions as first responders secured the area and recovered the dead.
• Côte-des-Neiges is a long-established Jewish neighborhood and local groups are coordinating with police to retrieve remains, support families, and press for answers about motive and circumstances.