{"id":783916,"date":"2026-07-06T13:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/783916\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T13:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:37:09","slug":"bei-sets-up-command-post-in-montreal-seeks-witnesses-to-cote-des-neiges-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/783916\/","title":{"rendered":"BEI sets up command post in Montreal, seeks witnesses to C\u00f4te-des-Neiges shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 3 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Quebec&#8217;s police watchdog is looking for witnesses to the intervention led by Montreal police after an armed suspect was reported in the C\u00f4te-des-Neiges neighbourhood on June 22. <\/p>\n<p>Two victims died that day in the gunfight that ensued: a bystander, Michel Mizrahi, and a police officer, Mohamed Lamine Benredouane. <\/p>\n<p>A second police officer was also shot, but survived. <\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Bureau des enqu\u00eates ind\u00e9pendantes (BEI) will set up a command post at the intersection of De Courtrai Avenue and D\u00e9carie Boulevard from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The BEI says it would like to speak with anyone who witnessed or has video of the police intervention. The province&#8217;s police watchdog says witnesses and anyone with information can go to the command post or reach the BEI via its website.<\/p>\n<p>On June 22, Montreal police responded to reports of a person with a gun at a Hilton hotel on D\u00e9carie Boulevard around 11:35 a.m. When they arrived at the scene, gunfire was exchanged with the suspect, who was eventually killed.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged shooter was later identified as 25-year-old Seth Scott Hatfield from Lethbridge, Alta.<\/p>\n<p>SQ, RCMP also investigating<\/p>\n<p>The attack took place across the street from a building that houses the Montreal offices of Aylo, the multinational company that owns the pornography site Pornhub.<\/p>\n<p>The S\u00fbret\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec (SQ) is leading the criminal investigation into the shooting while a specialized national security unit within the RCMP has opened an investigation into ideologically motivated violent extremism.  <\/p>\n<p>A manifesto allegedly left behind by Hatfield and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/alleged-montreal-gunman-digital-trail-9.7246351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">created weeks before the attack<\/a> expressed ideology tied to the incel, or involuntary celibate, movement, like hatred against women, and called for violence against several targets, including the pornography industry.<\/p>\n<p>Neither the RCMP nor Quebec&#8217;s provincial police have publicly released details about Hatfield&#8217;s suspected motives. Aylo, for its part, said it wouldn&#8217;t comment further beyond acknowledging &#8220;reports discussing a possible connection to Aylor and Pornhub&#8221; given the investigation is ongoing. <\/p>\n<p>The shooting sent shockwaves through the C\u00f4te-des-Neiges neighbourhood and the province, prompting reactions from all levels of government. Funeral services have since been held for Mizrahi, 68, and Benredouane, 34.<\/p>\n<p>A public memorial for Benredouane is planned for July 7 at the Bell Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-783916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}