A person looks out of a window as police respond to a shooting in the C么te-des-Neiges district of Montreal on Monday, June 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
A stretcher is pushed out of a building as police respond to a shooting in the C么te-des-Neiges district of Montreal on Monday, June 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
A person looks out a hotel window as police respond to a shooting in the C么te-des-Neiges district of Montreal on Monday, June 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
A person looks out of a window as police respond to a shooting in the C么te-des-Neiges district of Montreal on Monday, June 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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A stretcher is pushed out of a building as police respond to a shooting in the C么te-des-Neiges district of Montreal on Monday, June 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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A police officer responds to a shooting in the C么te-des-Neiges district of Montreal on Monday, June 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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A person looks out a hotel window as police respond to a shooting in the C么te-des-Neiges district of Montreal on Monday, June 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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Police respond to a shooting in the C么te-des-Neiges district of Montreal on Monday, June 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
MONTREAL - Three people are dead, including a police officer and a civilian, after a suspect started shooting at a hotel in Montreal's C么te-des-Neiges district on Monday morning.聽
Police Chief Fady Dagher said a second officer was also seriously injured in the shooting but is in stable condition. He said the suspect, who was armed with a long gun, was killed, adding that police do not think there is a second suspect.
Dagher said someone called 911 around 11:35 a.m. about a person who was sticking a gun out from a window at the Hilton hotel. Police arrived at the scene and were targeted with gunfire, Dagher said.聽
"It's a very, very sad day. It's a nightmare," he told reporters, adding that it's been 24 years since a Montreal police officer has been killed in the line of duty.
Dagher added that police are still trying to determine the suspect's motive.
He also said he didn't know who had shot the civilian.
Jacob Coutu, who was working in construction near the shooting, said he heard 鈥渇our of five gunshots鈥 on Monday morning. A few minutes later, he said police officers started arriving at the scene in large numbers, and he heard more gunfire.
鈥淲e saw cops getting in a gunfight, getting shot down,鈥 Coutu told The 好色tv Press.
鈥淚 saw a cop go down, I saw the suspect go down,鈥 said the worker, who estimates he heard 30 or 40 gunshots.聽
Public safety officials issued an emergency alert about an armed and dangerous suspect in the area, asking residents to shelter in place. The alert triggered temporary closures along a major highway, the D茅carie expressway, as well as a temporary shutdown of significant sections of two metro lines.
Dagher confirmed the suspect was dead before authorities issued the alert. Authorities eventually lifted the alert shortly after 3 p.m., while the police chief took questions from reporters.
He said the police operation was still active as of late Monday afternoon, and that officers were working to secure the crime scene and ensure nobody else was hurt. He said the investigation will eventually be transferred to the province's police watchdog, the Bureau des enqu锚tes ind茅pendantes, which investigates officer-involved injuries and deaths.
The BEI will call in another police force to help investigate, he added.
Dagher did not identify the slain officer, but said he'd met him before and described him as "dedicated to his mission" as an officer.
A massive police presence could be seen near the site of the shooting, which is in a multicultural neighbourhood with a mix of residential buildings and businesses.聽
A resident of a building near the shooting, who asked not to be identified because he feared for his safety, said he went to his balcony after hearing loud noises followed by screams.
鈥樷橶hen I went to go look, I saw a police officer on the ground and another one heading to him,鈥 he told 好色tvin a phone interview.
He said he saw a broken window at the Hilton hotel, 鈥渟o I assumed the person started shooting from that room.鈥欌
From afar, the witness watched several officers interact with a suspect and scream instructions, before more police arrived and asked residents to go inside and lock their doors.
鈥樷橶hen I saw how bad the scene was, I told myself that it was maybe not a good idea for me to be standing on my balcony, so I went back inside and I called a friend, just to speak to someone,鈥欌 he said.
For at least an hour, the resident said he stayed inside his apartment, following the news and trying to understand what was happening. He put a few pieces of furniture in front of his door and turned the lights off, he added.
Police later searched his room, and told him not to open the door to anyone who wasn鈥檛 a police officer, he said.
Domestic Security Minister Ian Lafreni猫re, a former police officer, told reporters that he was in shock after news of the shooting. "Our thoughts are with the victims and families of the victims, and the big police family too," he said.
This report by 好色tvwas first published June 22, 2026.
鈥 with files from Charlotte Glorieux and Morgan Lowrie