LONGUEUIL, Que. – Quebec’s Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI) will hold a rare press conference Tuesday morning to provide an update on its investigation into the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Longueuil.
BEI director Brigitte Bishop is scheduled to speak with reporters at 8:30 a.m. at the agency’s Longueuil office. Typically, the watchdog only releases brief preliminary details when an investigation begins and waits until completion to provide further information, making today’s update highly unusual.
The shooting occurred Sunday afternoon near Joseph-Daigneault and Monaco streets following a 911 call reporting a group of armed individuals. Officers arrived about 10 minutes later. During the encounter, the teenager was shot twice and died at the scene.
Witness Johnny Inthisone, who lives nearby, said the shooting happened in “two seconds, not even,” claiming police fired before meaningfully engaging with the youth.
Family members identified the victim as Nooran, a student at André-Laurendeau high school. They insist he was not violent and was carrying only a school bag with books at the time of the incident. “We need justice,” his father, Sharif Rezay, told reporters.
The BEI has assigned five investigators to the case, with support from Montreal police. The watchdog investigates all cases in Quebec where police actions lead to serious injury or death.
