“Montreal Officer Cleared in Fatal Shooting at Hilton Hotel”

A Montreal police officer did not shoot Michel Mizrahi during a deadly incident on June 22, as per information from Radio-Canada sources, contradicting social media rumors. La Presse first reported this development. Mizrahi, who succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds, including a fatal head injury, was not hit by the officer’s firearm according to forensic analysis. The officer, relatively new to the force with just 15 months of service, was being pursued by the assailant who had earlier killed her patrol partner, Const. Mohamed Lamine Benredouane, using an SKS rifle. The shooter was subsequently neutralized by the police. Various angles of the incident, shared on social media, fueled misconceptions that the officer mistakenly shot Mizrahi. While recovering from severe injuries in the hospital, she faced death threats. Montreal Police Chief Fady Dagher expressed his support for the officer and criticized the public judgment she faced. The incident, which unfolded at a Hilton hotel in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood, is under investigation by Quebec’s police watchdog, provincial police, and the coroner’s office.