Canada: Montreal Shooting Leaves Police Officer, Civilian and Suspect Dead
The Facts
- Three people are dead including a police officer, a civilian and the suspect after a shooting in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood on Monday.
- Fady Dagher, the city's police chief, told a press conference that emergency services received a call reporting an individual pointing a gun out of a window — believed to be inside a Hilton hotel — around 11:35 a.m. local time. When officers arrived, they were targeted by the assailant who was already on street level and was armed with a long-barreled weapon, Dagher said.
- In the ensuing exchange of gunfire, Dagher said an officer — later identified as 34-year-old Mohamed Lamine Benredouane — was killed while an unidentified female officer was severely injured but was in a stable condition. The police chief said it was the first time in 24 years a Montreal police officer died in the line of duty.
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The Spin
Narrative A
This was a horrific shooting in which a police officer and a member of the public were killed. Thoughts go out to the victims, their loved ones, and all those affected. The presence of incel ideology in this manifesto speaks to the pervasive and malignant influence of these notions, which are being investigated in connection with this case. It is time to take the threat more seriously.
Narrative B
A motive for the shooting has yet to be officially established, and accounts of the manifesto suggest that the shooter was not motivated by any one ideology, containing condemnations of both the right and the left which don't fit narratives these stories are often shoehorned into. Instead of attempting to score political points, the investigation must be allowed to take its course.
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