1st LD Writethru: 3 dead in Canada's shooting


By Lin Wei

OTTAWA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Three people -- a police officer, a civilian and a suspect -- were killed in a shooting in Montreal, Canada on Monday, local police said.

Montreal police said they responded to a call at around 11:30 a.m. local time at the intersection of De Courtrai and Trans Island avenues in the Cote-des-Neiges neighborhood.

Police later confirmed on X the death of one of the responding officers while on duty.

Another officer was critically injured and remained in life-threatening condition, a civilian was also killed, and the suspect was shot dead, police said.

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