Longueuil police shot and killed a 15-year-old boy on Sunday afternoon.
The boy, Nooran Rezay, was declared dead in hospital after he was struck by at least one bullet during a police operation on Montreal's South Shore. Quebec's police oversight agency, the BEI, is now investigating.
According to preliminary information, the BEI says Longueuil police received a 911 call around 2:48 p.m. from someone reporting a group of armed people in a public place.
Officers arrived at the scene, near the intersection of Joseph-Daigneault and Monaco streets, 10 minutes later.
The BEI says the officers then "entered into contact with the members of the group."
"During the intervention, one person was hit by a shot fired by police," the agency wrote in a media release, which it said was based on prel