Police looking into suspect’s motivations after Montreal shooting: official

By The Canadian Press A federal official says police from various jurisdictions are looking into the suspect’s possible motivations after three people were killed Monday in a shooting in Montreal. Montreal police officer Mohamed Lamine Benredouane, civilian bystander Michel Mizrahi and alleged gunman Seth Scott Hatfield died in the incident. Media have reported the 25-year-old suspect from Lethbridge, Alta., wrote a manifesto outlining a wide range of grievances against capitalism, pornography and bourgeois society, and a hatred of women aligned with the incel or “involuntarily celibate” mindset. Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating the shooting, while Quebec provincial police have launched a parallel criminal probe. A federal official said police from various jurisdictions are investigating whether the attack targeted police officers and the online pornography company Pornhub and whether any conclusions…

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