Overview
- The City of Longueuil released correspondence between BEI director Brigitte Bishop and police chief Patrick Bélanger describing alleged breaches following the Sept. 21 shooting of 15‑year‑old Nooran Rezayi.
- Bishop says the BEI was alerted at 4:34 p.m., about 1 hour and 36 minutes after the 2:58 p.m. shooting, despite a legal requirement to inform the watchdog without delay.
- The letters allege officers interviewed witnesses and sought surveillance video before the BEI took charge; Bélanger defends the delay as tied to securing the area and a report of another armed youth that the BEI disputes.
- Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière says the government is assessing Mayor Catherine Fournier’s request for an independent review while the BEI inquiry and a parallel Montreal police criminal probe continue.
- Rezayi’s family filed a $2.2‑million lawsuit and released video suggesting police fired within about 10 seconds of arriving, and the BEI has said no firearm was recovered from the teen.