Earlier this Tuesday, September 17, at around 1 a.m., the Independent Investigation Bureau launched an independent investigation into the circumstances of an intervention involving the Sûreté du Québec.

Preliminary information released to the IIB suggests the following:

- On September 16, 2024, at approximately 9:47 a.m., a person allegedly made a 911 call and requested that police officers attend an address ;

- A police officer arrived on the scene around 10:28 a.m. and took steps to locate the person;

- Around 4:37 p.m., a 911 call was made for a person who had been found unconscious inside a home;

- The person was pronounced dead at the scene.

The call took place on a street accessible via Montée du Bois-Franc. 

The mission of the Independent Investigation Bureau is to shed full light on the facts surrounding the police intervention. The IIB investigates all cases in which a person, other than an on-duty police officer, dies, suffers serious injury or is injured by a firearm used by a police officer during a police intervention or while in the custody of a police force.

Four BEI investigators were assigned to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident. Given the circumstances of the event, the support services of a police force were not required in this case.

No further information is available at this time.

The EIB is asking anyone who may have witnessed this event to contact it via its website at www.bei.gouv.qc.ca/nous.