Three people were killed in a Montreal shooting, including a police officer, a civilian, and the alleged gunman, triggering a rare alarm in the Canadian city.
The bloodshed occurred in a partly Jewish neighborhood that includes kosher markets and restaurants, but police declined to comment on what the motive might have been and whether the incident amounted to a hate crime or act of terror.
Montreal police chief Fady Dagher said police received a call about an active shooting in Montreal's Cote-des-Neiges neighborhood at around 11:30am (1530 GMT).
Police responded and a crossfire ensued, with the apparent assailant firing from inside a building with a long gun, Dagher told reporters at the scene.
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