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Residents of Côte-des-Neiges should expect to see police examining the expansive crime scene for the days to come, said Marcel Savard, former deputy director of Sûreté du Québec (SQ).

Further complicating the investigation is the fact that evidence will need to be shared among the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes and the Sûreté du Québec, which also need to ensure the evidence will be legally admissible.

"It needs a big co-ordination between the two and everything that's happening right now in Alberta," where the suspect is from, Savard said.  

Mohamed Lamine Benredouane was not only familiar with the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood; he was also a member of the Montreal-based Ligue maghrébine de soccer (Maghreb soccer league).

In a social media post published on Monday, the league shared a picture of Benredouane, flanked by teammates.

"The Algerian community has lost one of its children, respected and loved by all," the statement reads. "The Maghreb Soccer League presents its deepest condolences to his family and loved ones."

The University of Lethbridge has confirmed that the shooter was a student at the school.

In a statement, the university said it is co-operating "fully with appropriate authorities" and would not comment further due to the ongoing investigation.

"Violence, such as the actions that occurred yesterday, has no place in our society," the statement reads. "The university also strongly condemns the views and ideologies that have been attributed to the shooter in media reports."

Monday's fatal shooting in Montreal marked the third death of a Canadian police officer in the line of duty in less than two weeks, but researchers say that does not necessarily signal a broader trend.

Mohamed Lamine Benredouane, 34, is the first Montreal police officer to be killed while on the job in 24 years, according to police chief Fady Dagher.

Our colleague Sarah Berman looked at the data in this story published this morning. 

According to numbers compiled by University of Ottawa criminology professor Justin Piché, five officers have died on duty so far in 2026, three of them in violent attacks. That's within the historical range and would still make 2026 a below-average year if the current pace continues.

There were no on-duty police deaths in Canada in 2024 or 2025 — an unusual anomaly — and Piché cautioned against drawing broad conclusions from a recent cluster of incidents.

Since 1962, 416 police officers have died on duty in Canada, an average of about 6.5 deaths per year. Vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of on-duty deaths, followed by gunfire.

The sounds of gunfire on Monday cut short Yumiko Oyama's trip to the park with her young daughter, near the site of the shooting.

A bystander who witnessed the exchange of gunfire urged Oyama to flee with her baby. They took refuge in the parking lot of the Carré Décarie shopping centre across the boulevard.

"It was very stressful," she said. "I was watching from a distance, but police officers came over to us and said, 'Get as far away as possible.'"

"It was stupid of me, I forgot to bring her milk," added Oyama, who had to cope with the situation while holding her baby in her arms.

This morning under a sunny sky, Marc-Antoine Nadeau and his young daughter and dog were in the play park of the condo and hotel complex near where the shooting happened. 

"It will be hard to see this place," said Nadeau, who witnessed the event from his apartment window. 

When he saw that the park had been re-opened today, he said, "I need to go out and do the little things to feel normal."

Nadeau said he and his partner at first thought the sound of gunshots was noise coming from the heavy construction near their building. 

But they didn't stop and sounded so intense — "like 40 shots in the span of five minutes," he said — that it was clear something bad was happening. 

"I looked out the window and I saw a guy with a gun that was shooting at the people near the HEAL shop," Nadeau said, referring to the smoothie shop next to where police and the shooter were exchanging fire.

"We were just in shock to see that so close to our place…. We saw that the police were already there and they exchanged fire, and after that it stops, and I saw that the shooter was dead. We saw him lying on the floor."

Nadeau said the whole thing was "pretty traumatic" to witness, that there's typically no crime in his area, but that "we will try to live like the normal life that we had before."

Raskin said Mizrahi was well known in the community for helping those in need. He said Mizrahi sold suits for a living and would often give them away to people who couldn't afford them.

"Everybody loved him. He was the person everybody wants to stay near…. His smile was contagious," he said.

Raskin said Mizrahi's death has left family members devastated. After speaking with his son, he said the family remains in shock.

"He says, 'My father was my best friend. We were always together every day,'" Raskin recounted. "The shock, the tragedy is so big. There's no words."

Raskin said he held a group prayer yesterday where he told people Mizrahi's life offers an example for others. 

"Michel Mizrahi is teaching us today: help another person, smile to another person, do everything that you can do to help another person," he said. "We must get stronger on unity and open up our hearts to another person."

Michel Mizrahi, killed in Montreal shooting, remembered as beloved member of city's Jewish community

Michel Mizrahi, the civilian who was killed in Monday's shooting in Montreal, directed people away from the gunfire and was a 'hero who was loved by everybody' in the community, says Rabbi Mendel Raskin of Beth Chabad Côte Saint-Luc.

"He went to this woman. He says, 'Run away, there's a shooting,'" said Raskin, a rabbi at Chabad Côte-Saint-Luc. "I spoke to her this morning. She says, 'If I'm alive today, it's because of him — me and my baby.'"

Raskin said he'd known Mizrahi for more than 30 years. 

"Michel Mizrahi was a great man out of gold. He was always here to help other people," he said. 

Raskin said community members have been sharing stories of Mizrahi's generosity in the wake of his death. One person told him Mizrahi regularly bought coffee for strangers at Starbucks. 

"Yesterday it was so easy for him to run away. But he didn't run away. He was here to help and save," he said. "I hear there is a story that he was guiding people where to hide. He saved a lot of people yesterday."

Police in Lethbridge, Alta., where the suspected shooter is from, have released a short statement, saying they are assisting Quebec authorities in their investigation. 

"Lethbridge Police are assisting the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes in connection with the investigation into the June 22 shooting in Montreal," the written statement said, adding the police service wouldn't be commenting further. 

Tonight, the CN Tower in Toronto will dim for the first five minutes of every hour to commemorate SPVM Montreal police officer Mohamed Lamine Benredouane.

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