{"id":755252,"date":"2026-06-23T06:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/755252\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T06:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:47:10","slug":"timeline-quebec-officers-killed-in-the-line-of-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/755252\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline: Quebec officers killed in the line of duty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following are Quebec police officers who were killed in attacks while on duty since 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 6, 1984: Const. Pierre Beaulieu, 38, of Montreal Urban Community police is killed, along with student Giovanni Delli Colli, as Beaulieu questions a man trying to steal Delli Colli\u2019s car in Montreal North. The killer, Dennis Colic, later commits suicide in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 26, 1985: MUC police Const. Jacinthe Fyfe, 25, becomes the first policewoman slain on duty in Canada when someone fires a bullet through the rear window of her patrol car as she drives down a Dorval street. Her killer, R\u00e9al Poirier, 21, is acquitted because of temporary insanity.<\/p>\n<p>May 10, 1986: MUC police Const. Claude Saint-Laurent, 33, and his partner pull a car over on Sherbrooke St. E. In a struggle with the two occupants, Saint-Laurent is shot with his own service revolver and dies later in Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital. Yvon Racine, 44, and Pierre Ouellet, 37, are sentenced to life in prison for the slaying.<\/p>\n<p>July 24, 1986: St-Hubert police Const. Marcel Simard, 33, is shot to death with a sawed-off shotgun after questioning a man about the contents of his suspicious-looking knapsack.<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 13, 1986: MUC police Const. Robert Baril, 42, is shot dead with his service revolver while trying to arrest Ad\u00e9lard Vall\u00e9e in east-end Montreal. Vall\u00e9e, who was out on day parole after serving 16 years for manslaughter, is later sentenced to life in prison for killing Baril.<\/p>\n<p>June 19, 1991: MUC police officer Yves Phaneuf, 25, is fatally shot point-blank in the face with his service revolver during an early-morning argument with a bicyclist in Verdun.<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 27, 1995: MUC police Const. Odette Pinard, 30, a mother of two, is shot to death while sitting at her desk at a community station in the Cartierville district.<\/p>\n<p>April 29, 1996: MUC police <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/local-crime\/photos-montreal-police-mark-30th-anniversary-of-officers-unsolved-killing-in-senneville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Const. Andr\u00e9 Lalonde, 51, is shot dead<\/a> while investigating a car with a noisy muffler on a Senneville road.<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 28, 2000: St-Hubert police Const. Alain Forget, 27, standing behind his patrol car at a roadblock, is killed when fleeing bank-robbery suspects in a stolen minivan drive through the roadblock at full speed.<\/p>\n<p>Feb. 28, 2002: Montreal police Const. Beno\u00eet L\u2019\u00c9cuyer, 29, dies after being shot four times in the middle of Highway 40 in Anjou. He was chasing suspects who had fled a crash caused by speeding.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s Picks\t<\/p>\n<p>Dec. 14, 2005: Laval police Const. Val\u00e9rie Gignac, 25, dies after she is shot with a high-powered hunting rifle while investigating a noise complaint in an apartment building in Laval-des-Rapides.<\/p>\n<p>March 2, 2007: Laval police Const. Daniel Tessier, 42, is shot dead during a drug raid at a house in Brossard. Const. St\u00e9phane Forbes, 46, is wounded.<\/p>\n<p>March 27, 2023: S\u00fbret\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec Sgt. Maureen Breau dies after <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/provincial-news\/surete-du-quebec-officer-stabbed-to-death-while-arresting-suspect-in-louiseville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">she is attacked with a knife<\/a> by a man she and a colleague were arresting at a dwelling in Louiseville.<\/p>\n<p>June 22, 2026: Montreal police <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/local-crime\/officer-killed-in-cote-des-neiges-shooting-is-identified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Const. Mohamed Lamine Benredouane is killed<\/a> shortly after police are called to the intersection of Trans Island and de Courtrai Aves. in C\u00f4te-des-Neiges regarding a gunman in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The following are Quebec police officers who were killed in attacks while on duty since 1984. 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