By Canadian Press

Stray bullet, not targeted shooting, to blame for officer’s injury: Montreal police

Sep 15, 2021 | 8:45 AM

Montreal police say gunfire last month outside an area hospital that was initially thought to have targeted officers was actually stray bullets.

The shooting took place at about 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 24 in the parking lot of the McGill University Health Centre in the city’s west-end, and two bullet holes and a projectile were found at the scene.

Two officers took cover behind their vehicle and one suffered a slight arm injury.

Montreal police say detectives have analyzed the area and examined images, and they now believe the shots were fired from a nearby green space just south of the hospital. 

But police have determined that due to the terrain, it is unlikely that the shooter could have intentionally fired at the officers.

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Police said in a statement the most plausible scenario is that shots were fired and stray projectiles struck the side of the building near the officers, and a ricochet likely caused the injury.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 15, 2021.

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