{"id":100053,"date":"2026-06-23T12:58:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/100053\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:58:51","slug":"shooting-in-montreal-jewish-neighbourhood-leaves-three-dead-including-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/100053\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting in Montreal Jewish neighbourhood leaves three dead, including suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A shooting Monday in a Jewish neighbourhood of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/montreal\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Montreal<\/a> left three people dead, including a police officer, a resident and the alleged assailant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/police\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">police<\/a> in the Canadian city said.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate word on the motive of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/attacks\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">attack<\/a> in an area that has kosher restaurants and supermarkets frequented by Montreal&#8217;s large Jewish community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is with immense sadness that we confirm the death of one of our police officers in the line of duty,&#8221; Montreal police said in a statement posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>They separately announced that a suspect and a resident had been killed, while also urging residents to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a-read-more\">Watch more<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tv-shows\/focus\/20260619-gun-violence-soars-in-canada-as-illegal-weapons-from-the-us-flow-in\" target=\"_self\" class=\"a-read-more__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gun violence soars in Canada as illegal weapons from the US flow in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Public broadcaster Radio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/canada\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Canada<\/a> said another officer was seriously wounded.<\/p>\n<p>The identity of the resident victim was not immediately known, but Montreal police were expected to address journalists on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), a prominent Canadian civil society group, said it was &#8220;closely monitoring the situation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we await more details about the nature of this horrifying incident, we urge community members to exercise vigilance,&#8221; CIJA said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/quebec\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quebec<\/a>&#8216;s public security minister, Ian Lafreniere, said &#8220;people should not be going out&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re on the ground, and the crisis unit is being set up,&#8221; Lafreniere told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For now, we don&#8217;t really know what the motive of this individual was,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Quebec Premier Christine Frechette said she was &#8220;deeply shaken by the tragic events that occurred today in the C\u00f4te-des-Neiges area&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is essential to allow the authorities to do their work and to avoid speculation,&#8221; added Frechette.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the incident began shortly before midday.<\/p>\n<p>Police swarmed the apparent scene of the shooting and a police helicopter flew overhead.<\/p>\n<p>The area area includes a supermarket, shops and a residential building.<\/p>\n<p>(FRANCE 24 with AFP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A shooting Monday in a Jewish neighbourhood of Montreal left three people dead, including a police officer, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[364,10956,17,20218,29661,50,1240],"class_list":["post-100053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-americas","tag-attack","tag-canada","tag-guns","tag-jews","tag-montreal","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}